Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Istanbul 2026, Oliver Gallagher pulled 3:45 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:56 quicker, so 8:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Manchester 2026 → Berlin 2026: 4:24 in 121 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:32149/1349Beat 89%
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Istanbul1 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:25 PB52/743Beat 93%
↑ 71 days after Berlin 2026 0:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:38 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:14 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete3:24 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:4982/686Beat 88%
↑ 121 days after Manchester 2026 4:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:24 better than the field: 4:39 faster on the clock, against 0:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete4:39 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:28376/1463Beat 74%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 0:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:25 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:38 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:06125/523Beat 76%