Progress against the field
From Manchester 2025 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 3:11 on Jon Watkins.
The clock says 9:18 faster, but the races themselves got 12:29 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 202 days between Berlin 2025 and London Excel 2025, still ended 7:24 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.
Every race
14 races · 11 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:48206/1363Beat 85%
↑ 112 days after London Excel 2025 4:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:20 faster for everyone: 4:40 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete1:20 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:57 PB220/457Beat 52%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:37 PB98/460Beat 79%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:03:28 PB32/69Beat 54%
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Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:3292/194Beat 53%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:28 PB332/2771Beat 88%
↑ 202 days after Berlin 2025 7:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:24 better than the field: 7:55 faster on the clock, against 0:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This athlete7:55 faster -
Geneva11 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:33114/257Beat 56%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:23742/1851Beat 60%
↑ 56 days after Malaga 2025 5:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:46 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:20 faster for everyone, so 5:26 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete8:46 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:09630/966Beat 35%
↑ 9 days after Glasgow 2025 10:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:04 faster for everyone: 10:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete8:19 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:12:5638/50Beat 24%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:50589/1445Beat 59%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 0:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:14 faster for everyone, so 0:58 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete2:16 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:06523/1191Beat 56%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:55681/1480Beat 54%
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St. GallenDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:21:02329/1003Beat 67%