Progress against the field
Between Oslo 2025 and Oslo 2026, Einar Flaten pulled 5:39 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:39 quicker, so 8:18 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 197 days between Copenhagen 2026 and Oslo 2026, still ended 6:27 ahead of 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
4 races · 4 events
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:04 PB43/273Beat 84%
↑ 197 days after Copenhagen 2026 6:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:04 slower for everyone and the clock still says 6:23 faster: 6:27 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:04 slower This athlete6:23 faster -
Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:27139/365Beat 62%
↑ 85 days after Stockholm 2025 1:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 better than the field: 1:24 faster on the clock, against 0:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:09 faster This athlete1:24 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:13:51133/247Beat 46%
↑ 83 days after Oslo 2025 2:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:34 faster for everyone, so 2:03 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:34 faster This athlete0:31 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:14:2277/190Beat 60%