To belabor the point a bit further, expanding this year's list to around 100 and you get a handful more Japanese, a Brit I didn't see originally, a Ugandan, a Turk, who may well have started off as a Kenyan, someone from Burundi. So if the rest of the world is batting in that 2:06-2:10 range it's doing it in the slowest seection.
Eliud Kipchoge (KEN), 2:01:39, Berlin, 16 SEP 2018
2:01:39 Eliud KIPCHOGE KEN 1 Berlin 16 SEP
2:04:00 Mosinet GEREMEW ETH 1 Dubai 26 JAN
2:04:02 Leul GEBRESILASE ETH 2 Dubai 26 JAN
2:04:06 Tamirat TOLA ETH 3 Dubai 26 JAN
2:04:06 Lawrence CHERONO KEN 1 Amsterdam 21 OCT
2:04:06 Asefa MENGSTU ETH 4 Dubai 26 JAN
2:04:08 Sisay LEMMA ETH 5 Dubai 26 JAN
2:04:15 Birhanu LEGESE ETH 6 Dubai 26 JAN
2:04:17 Eliud KIPCHOGE KEN 1 London 22 APR
2:04:30 Leul GEBRSELASSIE ETH 1 Valencia 02 DEC
2:04:37 Mule WASIHUN ETH 2 Amsterdam 21 OCT
2:04:40 Solomon DEKSISA ETH 3 Amsterdam 21 OCT
2:04:43 El Hassan El ABBASAI BRN 2 Valencia 02 DEC
2:04:44 Seifu TURA ETH 7 Dubai 26 JAN
2:04:47 Tola SHURA ETH 2 London 22 APR
2:04:53 Matthew KISORIO KEN 3 Valencia 02 DEC
2:05:11 Mo FARAH GBR 1 Chicago 07 OCT
2:05:14 Mosinet GEREMEW ETH 2 Chicago 07 OCT
2:05:20 Tsegaye KEBEDE ETH 4 Valencia 02 DEC
2:05:21 Emmanuel SAINA KEN 1 Buenos Aires 23 SEP
2:05:21 Norbert KIGEN KEN 5 Valencia 02 DEC
2:05:26 El Mahjoub DAZZA MAR 6 Valencia 02 DEC
2:05:30 Dickson CHUMBA KEN 1 Tokyo 25 FEB
2:05:44 Kenneth KIPKEMOI KEN 1 Rotterdam 08 APR
2:05:50 Abera KUMA ETH 2 Rotterdam 08 APR
2:05:50 Suguru OSAKA JPN 3 Chicago 07 OCT
2:05:56 Kelkile GEZAHEGNE ETH 3 Rotterdam 08 APR
2:05:57 Kenneth KIPKEMOI KEN 4 Chicago 07 OCT
2:05:58 Laban KORIR KEN 4 Rotterdam 08 APR
2:05:59 Lelisa DESISA ETH 1 New York 04 NOV
2:06:01 Shura KITATA ETH 2 New York 04 NOV
2:06:07 Galen RUPP USA 1 Prague 06 MAY
2:06:11 Yuta SHITARA JPN 2 Tokyo 25 FEB
2:06:15 Gideon KIPKETER KEN 4 Amsterdam 21 OCT
2:06:20 Sammy KITWARA KEN 7 Valencia 02 DEC#
2:06:21 FARAH GBR 3 London 22 APR
2:06:21 Galen RUPP USA 5 Chicago 07 OCT
2:06:23 Amos KIPRUTO KEN 2 Berlin 16 SEP
2:06:24 Kaan ÖZBILEN TUR 5 Amsterdam 21 OCT
2:06:24 Solomon Kirwa YEGO KEN 8 Valencia 02 DEC
2:06:25 Paul LONYANGATA KEN 1 Paris 08 APR
2:06:26 Geoffrey KWAMWOROR KEN 3 New York 04 NOV
2:06:29 Abraham KIPTUM KEN 1 Daegu 01 APR
2:06:33 Amos KIPRUTO KEN 3 Tokyo 25 FEB
2:06:33 Laban KORIR KEN 6 Amsterdam 21 OCT
2:06:34 DEKSISA ETH 1 Hamburg 29 APR
2:06:35 Evans Kipkoech KORIR KEN 2 Daegu 01 APR
2:06:36 Mathew KISORIO KEN 2 Paris 08 APR
2:06:37 Kelkile WOLDAREGAY ETH 1 Frankfurt 28 OCT
2:06:41 Ernest NGENO KEN 3 Paris 08 APR
2:06:41 Martin Kiprugut KOSGEY KEN 2 Frankfurt 28 OCT
2:06:45 Geoffrey KIRUI KEN 6 Chicago 07 OCT
2:06:47 Gideon KIPKETER KEN 4 Tokyo 25 FEB
2:06:47 Tadu ABATE ETH 7 Amsterdam 21 OCT
2:06:48 Wilson KIPSANG KEN 3 Berlin 16 SEP
2:06:49 Peter Kimeli SOME KEN 3 Daegu 01 APR
2:06:51 Jonathan KORIR KEN 8 Amsterdam 21 OCT
2:06:54 Hiroto INOUE JPN 5 Tokyo 25 FEB
2:06:54 Tadu ABATE ETH 2 Hamburg 29 APR
2:06:57 Wilson Loyanae ERUPE KEN 1 Seoul 18 MAR
2:07:00 Yitayal ATNAFU ETH 4 Paris 08 APR
2:07:03 Mark KORIR KEN 2 Seoul 18 MAR
2:07:03 Sisay LEMMA ETH 2 Prague 06 MAY
2:07:07 Abel KIRUI KEN 4 London 22 APR
2:07:09 Alex KIBET KEN 3 Frankfurt 28 OCT
2:07:11 Benson KIPRUTO KEN 3 Seoul 18 MAR
2:07:19 Ayele ABSHERO ETH 3 Hamburg 29 APR
2:07:20 Hillary KIPSAMBU KEN 9 Amsterdam 21 OCT
2:07:22 Marius KIPSEREM KEN 5 Rotterdam 08 APR
2:07:24 Benson KIPRUTO KEN 1 Toronto 21 OCT
2:07:25 Abrha MILAW ASEFA ETH 1 Cannes 04 NOV
2:07:27 Yuma HATTORI JPN 1 Fukuoka 02 DEC
2:07:28 Amos Kiplimo MITEI KEN 4 Frankfurt 28 OCT
2:07:30 Feyisa LILESE ETH 6 Tokyo 25 FEB
2:07:32 Elisha KIPCHIRCHIR KEN 1 Eindhoven 14 OCT
2:07:33 Deribe ROBI ETH 9 Valencia 02 DEC
2:07:34 Limenih GETACHEW ETH 1 Lisboa 14 OCT
2:07:34 Kenneth KETER KEN 5 Frankfurt 28 OCT
2:07:37 Solomon YEGO KEN 4 Hamburg 29 APR
2:07:37 Benson SEUREI BRN 10 Valencia 02 DEC
2:07:38 Laban MUTAI KEN 2 Eindhoven 14 OCT
2:07:45 Marius KIMUTAI KEN 4 Seoul 18 MAR
2:07:46 Augustino Paulo SULLE TAN 2 Toronto 21 OCT
2:07:50 Elisha ROTICH KEN 4 Daegu 01 APR
2:07:50 Mark KIPTOO KEN 6 Frankfurt 28 OCT
2:07:50 Vincent RONO KEN 3 Eindhoven 14 OCT
2:07:51 Samuel NDUNGU KEN 2 Lisboa 14 OCT
2:07:52 Abel KIRUI KEN 7 Chicago 07 OCT
2:07:53 Macharia NDIRANGU KEN 1 Otsu 04 MAR
2:07:57 Felix KIPROTICH KEN 5 Seoul 18 MAR
2:07:57 Stephen KIPROTICH UGA 5 Hamburg 29 APR
2:07:57 Taku FUJIMOTO JPN 8 Chicago 07 OCT
2:07:58 Justus KIPKOSGEI KEN 3 Lisboa 14 OCT
2:07:59 Bedan KAROKI KEN 9 Chicago 07 OCT
2:08:03 Jarius BIRECH KEN 1 Roma 08 APR
2:08:08 Ryo KINEME JPN 7 Tokyo 25 FEB
2:08:08 Anthony MARITIM KEN 1 Barcelona 11 MAR
2:08:11 Raymond CHOGE KEN 1 Kosice 07 OCT
2:08:13 Mule WASIHUN ETH 6 Rotterdam 08 APR
2:08:15 Aychew DESSIE ETH 2 Kosice 07 OCT
2:08:16 Shogo NAKAMURA JPN 4 Berlin 16 SEP