Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2025 to Stockholm 2026, Richard Kennedy got 2:26 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:16 slower, so 1:10 faster on the clock looks worse than it was.
The biggest step was Glasgow 2026 → Stockholm 2026: 2:04 on the field in 99 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:16201/693Beat 71%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:22325/767Beat 58%
↑ 99 days after Glasgow 2026 2:04 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:09 slower for everyone: 2:04 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 slower This athlete0:05 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:1742/206Beat 80%
↑ 119 days after Dublin 2025 1:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:17 behind the field: 0:24 slower on the clock, against 0:53 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This athlete0:24 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:53 PB25/115Beat 78%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 1:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:40 better than the field: 2:50 faster on the clock, against 1:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete2:50 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:4342/141Beat 70%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025 0:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 slower on the clock, and the race was 1:10 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 slower This athlete1:11 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:07:3237/111Beat 67%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:03:13 PB8/545Beat 99%
↑ 258 days after Glasgow 2024 3:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:20 faster for everyone, so 3:36 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:20 faster This athlete1:44 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:04:5747/1784Beat 97%
↑ 126 days after Dublin 2023 2:42 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:12 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 7:54 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:42 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:54 faster This athlete5:12 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:10:0920/777Beat 97%
↑ 196 days after Malaga 2023 1:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:21 behind the field: 3:56 slower on the clock, against 2:35 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 slower This athlete3:56 slower -
Malaga15 Apr 2023Individual Open · Men1:06:1325/405Beat 94%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:05:5855/974Beat 94%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:18:16567/830Beat 32%