Progress against the field
From Taipei 2024 to Hong Kong 2024, Hayden Lau got 6:56 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:33 quicker, so 11:29 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
6 races · 5 events
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Hong Kong8 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:55130/959Beat 86%
↑ 139 days after Shenzhen 2025, with Brian Chan 2:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 behind the field: 0:30 slower on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This pair0:30 slower -
Shenzhen20 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:25 PB64/405Beat 84%
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Beijing23 Aug 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:25282/609Beat 54%
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Hong Kong22 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:58 PB309/1011Beat 69%
↑ 181 days after Taipei 2024 6:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:56 better than the field: 11:29 faster on the clock, against 4:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:33 faster This athlete11:29 faster -
Hong Kong22 Nov 2024Relay · Men1:16:3414/78Beat 82%
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Taipei25 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:27140/290Beat 52%