Progress against the field
Brian Mcelhinney has dropped 5:08 behind the field from Madrid 2025 to Lisboa 2026.
The clock says 0:09 slower, but the races themselves got 4:59 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:45 PB75/153Beat 51%
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Lisboa1 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:16701/887Beat 21%
↑ 83 days after Bilbao 2026 4:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:26 behind the field: 5:28 slower on the clock, against 1:02 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:02 slower This athlete5:28 slower -
Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:481275/1500Beat 15%
↑ 72 days after Madrid 2025 0:42 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:01 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:42 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:01 faster This athlete5:19 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:071056/1312Beat 20%
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Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:35891/1208Beat 26%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:32:3046/88Beat 48%