Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and Berlin 2026, Michael Delaney kept pace with the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:36 quicker, so 10:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
196 days between Dublin 2024 and Cardiff 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:27 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.
Every race
9 races · 8 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:09 PB88/686Beat 87%
↑ 176 days after Madrid 2025 3:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:14 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:36 faster for everyone, so 3:38 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete7:14 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:23346/1312Beat 74%
↑ 15 days after Dublin 2025 4:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:38 behind the field: 5:44 slower on the clock, against 1:06 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:06 slower This athlete5:44 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:30 PB92/667Beat 86%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:3999/468Beat 79%
↑ 47 days after Rome 2025 0:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:41 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:55 faster for everyone, so 0:14 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This athlete2:41 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:20140/632Beat 78%
↑ 119 days after Cardiff 2025 2:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, so 2:54 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete4:48 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:08569/1401Beat 59%
↑ 196 days after Dublin 2024 1:27 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:50 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:17 faster for everyone, so 1:27 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:17 faster This athlete1:50 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:14:45 PB42/50Beat 16%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:58189/545Beat 65%