Progress against the field
From Berlin 2025 to Manchester 2026, Dave Craven got 10:47 faster than the field.
The clock says 9:17 faster, but the races themselves got 1:30 slower for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Berlin 2025 → Gdansk 2025: 14:18 in 149 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
3 races · 3 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:55285/551Beat 48%
↑ 101 days after Gdansk 2025 3:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:46 faster for everyone: 3:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete2:45 slower -
Gdansk12 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:10 PB299/745Beat 60%
↑ 149 days after Berlin 2025 14:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:02 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:16 slower for everyone: 14:18 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:16 slower This athlete12:02 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:121565/1851Beat 16%