Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and Malaga 2026, Stephen Lynch lost 29:48 to the field.
The clock says 21:06 slower, but the races themselves got 8:42 quicker for everyone.
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
12 races · 10 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Doubles Open · Men59:06 PB17/393Beat 96%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:36 PB102/556Beat 82%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:32684/1036Beat 34%
↑ 155 days after Dublin 2025 27:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:31 faster for everyone: 27:42 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete24:11 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:21187/777Beat 76%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men57:05 PB13/105Beat 88%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:00:21 PB15/955Beat 98%
↑ 201 days after Barcelona 2025 0:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:35 better than the field: 4:11 faster on the clock, against 3:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete4:11 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:2213/187Beat 93%
↑ 21 days after Rome 2025 1:35 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:21 slower for everyone: 1:35 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 slower This athlete0:46 slower -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:04:3619/199Beat 91%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:3226/795Beat 97%
↑ 139 days after Stockholm 2024 1:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:46 faster for everyone, so 1:22 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete2:08 faster -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:06:4049/651Beat 93%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2024 4:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:49 faster for everyone: 4:03 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:49 faster This athlete3:14 slower -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:03:2622/1221Beat 98%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:06:32224/522Beat 57%