Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2025 and Perth 2026, Russell McCarthy lost 3:44 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:08 quicker, so 3:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 216 days between Perth 2025 and Brisbane 2026, cost 6:34 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
10 races · 6 events
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Perth21 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:22131/409Beat 68%
↑ 350 days after Perth 2025, with Lesley McCarthy 5:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 behind the field: 2:11 slower on the clock, against 2:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This pair2:11 slower -
Perth21 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:06219/636Beat 66%
↑ 134 days after Brisbane 2026 0:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:52 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 0:37 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete2:52 faster -
APAC Championship Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:3375/333Beat 78%
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Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:58264/615Beat 57%
↑ 216 days after Perth 2025 6:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:28 faster for everyone: 6:34 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:28 faster This athlete3:06 slower -
Perth5 Sep 2025Relay · Mixed1:01:407/62Beat 89%
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Perth5 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:1187/443Beat 80%
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Perth5 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:52101/307Beat 67%
↑ 63 days after Sydney 2025 3:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:27 better than the field: 3:38 faster on the clock, against 0:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 faster This athlete3:38 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:30803/1587Beat 49%
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MelbourneDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:08:37 PB165/769Beat 79%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:14:32 PB160/752Beat 79%