Progress against the field
Between London 2023 and Lisboa 2026, Gerry Kennedy kept pace with the field.
The clock says 3:42 faster, but the races themselves got 3:53 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Berlin 2025 → Lisboa 2026: 3:43 in 350 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 11 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:3619/642Beat 97%
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Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:5916/673Beat 98%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:08212/704Beat 70%
↑ 148 days after Amsterdam 2026, with Gary Crawford 1:23 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:37 slower for everyone: 1:23 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 slower This pair0:14 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:07:42 PB85/454Beat 81%
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Lisboa1 May 2026Doubles Open · Men59:4130/636Beat 95%
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Lisboa1 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:4918/417Beat 96%
↑ 350 days after Berlin 2025 3:43 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 slower on the clock, but the race was 4:34 slower for everyone, so this was 3:43 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:34 slower This athlete0:51 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:54 PB24/298Beat 92%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:58 PB64/1851Beat 97%
↑ 391 days after Berlin 2024 0:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:34 slower for everyone: 0:53 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 slower This athlete0:19 faster -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Relay · Men54:042/20Beat 90%
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:03:1749/953Beat 95%
↑ 146 days after London 2023 4:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 9:01 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:47 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →9:01 faster This athlete4:14 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men57:27 PB10/787Beat 99%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Relay · Men1:00:127/33Beat 79%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:07:3179/1865Beat 96%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownDoubles Pro · Men59:0297/387Beat 75%