Progress against the field
From Frankfurt 2023 to Manchester 2026, David Johnston got 15:45 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:25 quicker, so 27:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
Ahead of the field in 4 of 5 comparisons.
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.
Every race
15 races · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men57:40 PB16/600Beat 97%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men59:1921/585Beat 96%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:33 PB311/556Beat 44%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Men58:2413/58Beat 78%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:13:49 PB59/69Beat 15%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:11 PB56/551Beat 90%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 3:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:23 better than the field: 4:26 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete4:26 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:27:03118/215Beat 45%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:37358/1821Beat 80%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025 8:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:47 better than the field: 9:50 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete9:50 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:43387/704Beat 45%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:14:09595/947Beat 37%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:27819/1588Beat 48%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 9:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:14 faster for everyone, so 9:31 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete12:45 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:12950/1191Beat 20%
↑ 279 days after Berlin 2024 8:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:50 behind the field: 11:25 slower on the clock, against 2:35 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 slower This athlete11:25 slower -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:47633/953Beat 34%
↑ 133 days after Frankfurt 2023 2:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:54 better than the field: 11:34 faster on the clock, against 8:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:40 faster This athlete11:34 faster -
Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men1:36:21636/843Beat 25%
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Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · MenDNF—