Progress against the field
Between Hong Kong 2024 and Beijing 2025, Gary Mears pulled 3:48 ahead of the field.
The clock says 9:31 faster, but the races themselves got 5:43 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Singapore 2025 → Beijing 2025: 15:15 on the field in 56 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
6 races · 6 events
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Beijing23 Aug 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:05144/609Beat 76%
↑ 56 days after Singapore 2025 15:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:15 better than the field: 20:41 faster on the clock, against 5:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:26 faster This athlete20:41 faster -
Yokohama9 Aug 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:47 PB158/255Beat 38%
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Hong Kong26 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Men1:37:33 PB124/166Beat 25%
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Singapore28 Jun 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:46903/1937Beat 53%
↑ 77 days after Taipei 2025 18:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:08 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:38 slower for everyone: 18:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:38 slower This athlete21:08 slower -
Taipei12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:38 PB141/687Beat 80%
↑ 141 days after Hong Kong 2024 7:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:03 better than the field: 9:58 faster on the clock, against 2:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This athlete9:58 faster -
Hong Kong22 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:36502/1011Beat 50%