Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2023 and Glasgow 2026, Lee Jacobs pulled 1:51 ahead of the field.
The clock says 22:48 faster, but the races themselves got 20:57 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Dublin 2023 → Glasgow 2024: 5:54 in 126 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
7 races · 7 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:53 PB451/1452Beat 69%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 0:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 better than the field: 3:17 faster on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete3:17 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:10631/1463Beat 57%
↑ 101 days after Gdansk 2025 0:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 0:46 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:43 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete0:03 faster -
Gdansk12 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:13237/745Beat 68%
↑ 214 days after Glasgow 2025 5:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:10 faster for everyone: 5:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This athlete3:17 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:56543/1445Beat 62%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 1:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:18 better than the field: 6:39 faster on the clock, against 5:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete6:39 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:35360/816Beat 56%
↑ 237 days after Glasgow 2024 0:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:21 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete2:18 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:53871/1784Beat 51%
↑ 126 days after Dublin 2023 5:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:54 faster for everyone, so 5:54 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:54 faster This athlete13:48 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:39:41516/777Beat 34%