Progress against the field
Between Melbourne 2023 and Sydney 2026, Michael Murphy pulled 7:18 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:38 quicker, so 16:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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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Sydney1 Jul 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:44 PB59/1099Beat 95%
↑ 83 days after Brisbane 2026, with Jane Hardy 1:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:58 better than the field: 4:52 faster on the clock, against 2:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This pair4:52 faster -
Sydney1 Jul 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:35116/368Beat 69%
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:14 PB273/1122Beat 76%
↑ 1040 days after Melbourne 2023 7:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 9:38 faster for everyone, so 7:18 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →9:38 faster This athlete16:56 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:40:43228/273Beat 17%
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Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:36159/836Beat 81%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:16 PB157/1020Beat 85%
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Melbourne26 Aug 2023Individual Open · Men1:32:10328/538Beat 39%
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MelbourneDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:13:42345/737Beat 53%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:23:39477/1145Beat 58%
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MelbourneDate unknownRelay · Men1:26:3332/35Beat 9%