Progress against the field
From Valencia 2025 to London Olympia 2026, the field gained 0:57 on Ross Thomson.
The clock says 6:52 faster, but the races themselves got 7:49 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Valencia 2025 → Glasgow 2026: 6:49 in 145 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
5 races · 5 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:48:10643/716Beat 10%
↑ 13 days after Glasgow 2026 7:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:32 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:14 faster for everyone: 7:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This athlete5:32 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:38 PB1214/1452Beat 16%
↑ 145 days after Valencia 2025 6:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:49 better than the field: 12:24 faster on the clock, against 5:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete12:24 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Relay · Men1:15:0453/69Beat 23%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:55:02978/1018Beat 4%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men2:00:571281/1323Beat 3%