Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2025 and Brisbane 2026, Jeff Burns pulled 1:33 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:48 quicker, so 4:21 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 209 days between Sydney 2025 and Auckland 2026, still ended 1:57 ahead of 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
9 races · 7 events
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Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:23:44 PB289/422Beat 32%
↑ 70 days after Auckland 2026 0:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, so 0:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete5:11 faster -
Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:28:55140/251Beat 44%
↑ 209 days after Sydney 2025 1:57 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:47 slower for everyone: 1:57 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →2:47 slower This athlete0:50 slower -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Men1:28:05241/333Beat 28%
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Brisbane1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:23 PB454/1368Beat 67%
↑ 28 days after Auckland 2025 0:10 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:09 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:19 faster for everyone, so 0:10 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:19 faster This athlete3:09 faster -
Auckland1 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:32232/848Beat 73%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:19:04260/752Beat 65%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:22:04425/1145Beat 63%
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MelbourneDate unknownRelay · Men1:17:5825/35Beat 29%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:31:11171/221Beat 23%