Progress against the field
Between London 2024 and London Olympia 2026, Ian Bessant lost 6:03 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:25 quicker, so 0:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 325 days between London 2025 and London Olympia 2026, cost 14:12 on the field.
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
3 races · 3 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:21659/897Beat 27%
↑ 325 days after London 2025 14:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:56 faster for everyone: 14:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This athlete13:16 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:05 PB1011/1917Beat 47%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 8:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:09 better than the field: 13:38 faster on the clock, against 5:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete13:38 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:36:431224/1637Beat 25%