Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2023 and Manchester 2026, Steven Tam lost 22:38 to the field.
The clock says 1:06 faster, but the races themselves got 23:44 quicker for everyone.
355 days between Birmingham 2023 and Amsterdam 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:25 better than 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
10 races · 10 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:48:41475/551Beat 14%
↑ 96 days after Valencia 2025 14:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:35 faster for everyone: 14:25 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete12:50 slower -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:51820/1018Beat 19%
↑ 28 days after Maastricht 2025 0:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:49 better than the field: 6:46 faster on the clock, against 5:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:57 faster This athlete6:46 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:371048/1352Beat 23%
↑ 126 days after Berlin 2025 10:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:04 slower for everyone: 10:14 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:04 slower This athlete14:18 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:19 PB1347/1851Beat 27%
↑ 56 days after Malaga 2025 1:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:22 better than the field: 4:42 faster on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete4:42 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:01786/966Beat 19%
↑ 56 days after Manchester 2025 4:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:13 faster for everyone: 4:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete2:18 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:43939/1191Beat 21%
↑ 76 days after Manchester 2024 3:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:08 behind the field: 1:26 slower on the clock, against 1:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete1:26 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:29:17868/1206Beat 28%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 2:02 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:12 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:14 faster for everyone, so 2:02 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete2:12 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:291266/1916Beat 34%
↑ 15 days after Amsterdam 2024 2:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:49 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:17 faster: 2:06 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 slower This athlete0:17 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:461009/1539Beat 34%
↑ 355 days after Birmingham 2023 7:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:01 faster on the clock, and the race was 10:36 faster for everyone, so 7:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →10:36 faster This athlete18:01 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:49:471027/1182Beat 13%