Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and Valencia 2025, George Olney pulled 4:39 ahead of the field.
The races themselves barely changed, so 4:53 faster on the clock is the real picture.
The largest gain on the field came from London 2025 → Cardiff 2025: 2:32 in 27 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
7 races · 7 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:06:1690/396Beat 77%
↑ 179 days after Oslo 2025, with George Palmer 1:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
No different on the clock in a race that was 1:21 faster for everyone: 1:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:21 faster This pairno different -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:31 PB397/1018Beat 61%
↑ 140 days after Cardiff 2025 2:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:14 faster for everyone, so 2:07 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:14 faster This athlete3:21 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:16111/530Beat 79%
↑ 196 days after Copenhagen 2025, with George Palmer 0:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:52 slower for everyone: 0:43 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 slower This pair1:35 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:52683/1401Beat 51%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 2:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:32 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:00 slower for everyone: 2:32 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:00 slower This athlete1:32 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:241029/1917Beat 46%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:41 PB177/736Beat 76%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:13:38276/444Beat 38%