Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2025 to Hamburg 2026, the field gained 6:19 on Ben Blake.
The clock says 3:37 slower, but the races themselves got 2:42 quicker for everyone.
391 days between Hamburg 2025 and Hamburg 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:11 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:33123/579Beat 79%
↑ 391 days after Hamburg 2025 6:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:11 behind the field: 3:11 slower on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete3:11 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:22109/409Beat 73%
↑ 160 days after Barcelona 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:17 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This athlete1:17 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:52 PB281/1010Beat 72%
↑ 155 days after London 2024, with James Emblen 0:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:03 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:48 faster for everyone, so 0:45 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This pair2:03 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:39276/795Beat 65%
↑ 44 days after Glasgow 2025 0:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:43 slower on the clock, against 1:35 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 slower This athlete1:43 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:56 PB515/1588Beat 68%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:07:55278/984Beat 72%
↑ 20 days after Manchester 2024, with James Emblen 0:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:11 faster for everyone, so 0:36 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 faster This pair1:35 faster -
Hong Kong22 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:10272/1011Beat 73%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:09:30323/719Beat 55%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:25289/659Beat 56%