Progress against the field
Between Madrid 2025 and Mechelen 2026, William Cope lost 0:22 to the field.
The clock says 5:16 faster, but the races themselves got 5:38 quicker for everyone.
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
2 races · 2 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:44 PB148/1363Beat 89%
↑ 119 days after Madrid 2025 0:22 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:38 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:22 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:38 faster This athlete5:16 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:00296/1361Beat 78%