Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2025 and Auckland 2026, Ben Perkins pulled 0:40 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:38 quicker, so 1:18 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Perth 2025 → Auckland 2026: 6:11 on the field in 146 days.
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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 4 events
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Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:09 PB85/357Beat 76%
↑ 279 days after Sydney 2025, with Shane Omalveney 1:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:57 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 faster This pair0:38 faster -
Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:51 PB75/763Beat 90%
↑ 146 days after Perth 2025 6:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:11 better than the field: 6:38 faster on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete6:38 faster -
Perth5 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:29193/548Beat 65%
↑ 63 days after Sydney 2025 5:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:31 behind the field: 5:20 slower on the clock, against 0:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 faster This athlete5:20 slower -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:47296/1020Beat 71%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:09421/1587Beat 74%