Progress against the field
From London 2023 to Warsaw 2026, Ray Buckton got 5:57 faster than the field.
The clock says 12:04 faster, but the races themselves got 6:07 quicker for everyone.
739 days between London 2023 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:35 better than the field.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:50 PB158/556Beat 72%
↑ 133 days after London Excel 2025 1:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:26 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:04 faster for everyone, so 1:22 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete3:26 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men59:11 PB132/455Beat 71%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:10:16166/462Beat 64%
↑ 739 days after London 2023 4:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:35 better than the field: 8:38 faster on the clock, against 4:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:03 faster This athlete8:38 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:42297/777Beat 62%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:57 PB83/748Beat 89%
↑ 168 days after London 2024 1:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 better than the field: 7:07 faster on the clock, against 6:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:04 faster This athlete7:07 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:04119/688Beat 83%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Pro · Men1:18:54130/321Beat 60%
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London25 Sep 2021Individual Pro · Men1:19:4725/59Beat 58%