Progress against the field
Between London 2023 and London Excel 2025, Stephen Macdonald lost 0:54 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:33 quicker, so 3:39 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.
Every race
2 races · 2 events
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men2:06:06 PB2724/2779Beat 2%
↑ 739 days after London 2023 0:54 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:33 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:54 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:33 faster This athlete3:39 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men2:09:451825/1865Beat 2%