Progress against the field
From Malaga 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 17:37 on Steven Gallagher.
Over the same races everyone got 2:09 quicker, so 15:28 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 532 days between Malaga 2025 and Tenerife 2026, cost 3:23 on 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
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:32593/677Beat 12%
↑ 57 days after Tenerife 2026 14:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:47 slower on the clock in a race that was 8:27 faster for everyone: 14:14 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:27 faster This athlete5:47 slower -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:45498/673Beat 26%
↑ 532 days after Malaga 2025 3:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:23 behind the field: 9:41 slower on the clock, against 6:18 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:18 slower This athlete9:41 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:04 PB727/966Beat 25%
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Poznan2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:38611/776Beat 21%
↑ 160 days after Gdansk 2024 6:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:54 behind the field: 3:31 slower on the clock, against 3:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This athlete3:31 slower -
Gdansk26 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:07337/473Beat 29%
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:53:50569/649Beat 12%