Progress against the field
Between London 2024 and Glasgow 2026, Carl Lafferty pulled 7:02 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:27 quicker, so 12:29 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 364 days between Glasgow 2025 and Glasgow 2026, still ended 2:19 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
3 races · 3 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:31 PB753/1452Beat 48%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025 2:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 better than the field: 3:55 faster on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete3:55 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:261012/1588Beat 36%
↑ 103 days after London 2024 4:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:43 better than the field: 8:34 faster on the clock, against 3:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete8:34 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:37:001232/1637Beat 25%