Progress against the field
Lee Cobby has dropped 2:46 behind the field from London 2024 to Bordeaux 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 8:23 quicker, so 5:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from London 2024 → Malaga 2025: 4:34 in 112 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.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:2366/515Beat 87%
↑ 188 days after Mechelen 2026 5:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:49 behind the field: 6:52 slower on the clock, against 1:03 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 slower This athlete6:52 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:31 PB28/561Beat 95%
↑ 119 days after Madrid 2025 2:22 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:16 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:38 faster for everyone, so 2:22 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:38 faster This athlete3:16 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:30 PB54/134Beat 60%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:4781/1312Beat 94%
↑ 251 days after Malaga 2025 0:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 better than the field: 0:54 faster on the clock, against 0:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:03 faster This athlete0:54 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men59:18 PB93/1099Beat 92%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:24 PB577/956Beat 40%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:41141/966Beat 85%
↑ 112 days after London 2024 4:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:45 faster for everyone, so 4:34 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:45 faster This athlete8:19 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:00420/1637Beat 74%