Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and Tenerife 2026, Marc McArdle lost 17:21 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:46 slower, so 19:07 slower on the clock looks worse than it was.
322 days between Valencia 2025 and Tenerife 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 10:52 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
8 races · 8 events
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Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:04562/673Beat 17%
↑ 322 days after Valencia 2025 10:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:52 behind the field: 12:37 slower on the clock, against 1:45 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 slower This athlete12:37 slower -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:22142/261Beat 46%
↑ 369 days after Warsaw 2025, with Pamela McArdle 7:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:48 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:52 faster for everyone: 7:40 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This pair4:48 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:23:13 PB113/116Beat 3%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:27306/455Beat 33%
↑ 167 days after London 2025 6:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:29 behind the field: 6:30 slower on the clock, against 0:01 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:01 slower This athlete6:30 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:57 PB1201/1917Beat 37%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:34118/288Beat 59%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:25 PB290/693Beat 58%
↑ 126 days after Dublin 2024, with Pamela McArdle 2:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:25 better than the field: 4:17 faster on the clock, against 1:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 faster This pair4:17 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:42251/492Beat 49%