Progress against the field
Between Berlin 2025 and Manchester 2026, Ben Lui lost 5:17 to the field.
The races themselves barely changed, so 5:41 slower on the clock is the real picture.
The largest gain on the field came from Berlin 2025 → Rome 2025: 3:23 in 133 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
-
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:02897/1463Beat 39%
↑ 117 days after Rome 2025 8:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:40 behind the field: 8:08 slower on the clock, against 0:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:32 faster This athlete8:08 slower -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:54 PB228/632Beat 64%
↑ 133 days after Berlin 2025 3:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:27 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:56 slower for everyone: 3:23 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 slower This athlete2:27 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:211042/1851Beat 44%