Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Rome 2026, the field gained 2:52 on Jonathan Lymer.
Over the same races everyone got 5:23 quicker, so 2:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
508 days between London 2025 and Rome 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:34 better than 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
3 races · 3 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:28 PB181/1062Beat 83%
↑ 508 days after London 2025 1:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:06 slower for everyone: 1:34 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 slower This athlete1:28 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:56487/1917Beat 75%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 4:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, so 4:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete1:03 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:59332/1637Beat 80%