Progress against the field
From Barcelona 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 14:37 on Luke Lovesey.
The clock says 6:39 slower, but the races themselves got 7:58 quicker for everyone.
400 days between Rome 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:15 behind 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
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men2:01:27662/693Beat 5%
↑ 400 days after Rome 2025 4:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:52 faster for everyone: 4:15 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete0:23 slower -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men2:01:041321/1367Beat 3%
↑ 154 days after Barcelona 2025 10:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:22 behind the field: 6:16 slower on the clock, against 4:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete6:16 slower -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:54:48 PB1064/1106Beat 4%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men2:07:44576/584Beat 1%
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Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men2:05:10747/770Beat 3%