Progress against the field
Alan Waterman has dropped 2:40 behind the field from Copenhagen 2024 to Madrid 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 7:31 quicker, so 4:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Copenhagen 2024 → Amsterdam 2024: 3:12 in 201 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
9 races · 8 events
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:55 PB84/1372Beat 94%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:02136/1312Beat 90%
↑ 15 days after Dublin 2025 0:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 behind the field: 1:46 slower on the clock, against 1:06 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:06 slower This athlete1:46 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Relay · Men54:4410/32Beat 69%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:16114/955Beat 88%
↑ 245 days after Glasgow 2025 0:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:11 faster for everyone, so 0:52 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete2:19 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:35256/1445Beat 82%
↑ 18 days after Vienna 2025 3:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:38 behind the field: 3:48 slower on the clock, against 0:10 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:10 slower This athlete3:48 slower -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:47 PB218/1356Beat 84%
↑ 99 days after Dublin 2024 0:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 better than the field: 4:35 faster on the clock, against 3:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:47 faster This athlete4:35 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:22159/1221Beat 87%
↑ 36 days after Amsterdam 2024 1:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 behind the field: 0:38 slower on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete0:38 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:10:44154/1539Beat 90%
↑ 201 days after Copenhagen 2024 3:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:09 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:57 faster for everyone, so 3:12 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 faster This athlete4:09 faster -
Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:53204/686Beat 70%