Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Riga 2025, David Allen lost 6:39 to the field.
The clock says 1:00 faster, but the races themselves got 7:39 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:34 PB310/693Beat 55%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 5:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:47 better than the field: 6:33 faster on the clock, against 0:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete6:33 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:49424/958Beat 56%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:07322/467Beat 31%
↑ 69 days after Oslo 2025 1:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:57 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:52 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete0:05 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:1269/101Beat 32%
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Riga31 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:5053/440Beat 88%
↑ 49 days after Warsaw 2025 2:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:14 behind the field: 3:42 slower on the clock, against 1:28 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:28 slower This athlete3:42 slower -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:08 PB62/768Beat 92%
↑ 29 days after Copenhagen 2025 2:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:03 faster for everyone, so 2:00 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete1:03 faster -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:11103/1323Beat 92%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2024 2:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:04 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:25 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:04 faster This athlete3:39 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:10:5096/816Beat 88%
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Rimini1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:10163/1156Beat 86%