Progress against the field
Joel Maxwell-Thompson has gained 2:32 on the field from Paris 2025 to London Olympia 2026.
The clock says 9:47 faster, but the races themselves got 7:15 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Paris 2025 → London Excel 2025: 7:55 in 43 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
6 races · 5 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:00626/716Beat 13%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 5:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:23 behind the field: 3:29 slower on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete3:29 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:29:18 PB1054/1372Beat 23%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:31 PB2414/2779Beat 13%
↑ 43 days after Paris 2025 7:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:21 faster for everyone, so 7:55 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete13:16 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:55:471308/1397Beat 6%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:341384/1588Beat 13%
↑ 144 days after Milan 2024 3:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:36 better than the field: 10:42 faster on the clock, against 7:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:06 faster This athlete10:42 faster -
Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:54:161247/1370Beat 9%