Progress against the field
From Stockholm 2024 to Stockholm 2025, the field gained 8:15 on Lee Samwell.
The clock says 2:30 slower, but the races themselves got 5:45 quicker for everyone.
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
16 races · 16 events
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Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:12353/1315Beat 73%
↑ 83 days after Oslo 2025 3:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:36 behind the field: 1:00 slower on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete1:00 slower -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:12213/935Beat 77%
↑ 119 days after Cardiff 2025 0:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:42 faster for everyone, so 0:10 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete0:52 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:04180/639Beat 72%
↑ 48 days after Warsaw 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:36 slower on the clock, against 2:36 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 slower This athlete2:36 slower -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:28195/768Beat 75%
↑ 49 days after Vienna 2025 3:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:41 behind the field: 0:53 slower on the clock, against 2:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete0:53 slower -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:35448/1356Beat 67%
↑ 77 days after Stockholm 2024 1:08 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:07 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:15 faster for everyone, so 1:08 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:15 faster This athlete1:07 faster -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:42147/651Beat 77%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:04193/1539Beat 88%
↑ 173 days after Berlin 2024 3:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:55 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:21 slower for everyone: 3:16 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:21 slower This athlete1:55 faster -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:59310/953Beat 68%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2024 10:42 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 11:52 faster for everyone, which leaves this 10:42 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →11:52 faster This athlete1:10 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:09338/1784Beat 81%
↑ 133 days after Birmingham 2023 2:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:16 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:41 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:16 faster This athlete1:35 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:16:44239/1182Beat 80%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 5:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:02 behind the field: 6:48 slower on the clock, against 1:46 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete6:48 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:09:56 PB111/974Beat 89%
↑ 14 days after Manchester 2023 0:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:52 faster for everyone, so 0:29 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete6:21 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:16:1799/649Beat 85%
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Frankfurt10 Dec 2022Individual Open · Men1:13:0569/350Beat 80%
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London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:11:2673/865Beat 92%
↑ 35 days after Birmingham 2022 0:55 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:55 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete0:21 faster -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:11:47100/960Beat 90%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:20:27 PB331/432Beat 23%