Progress against the field
Between London Olympia 2026 and Valencia 2026, Michael Dowling pulled 1:37 ahead of the field.
The clock says 2:42 faster, but the races themselves got 1:05 quicker for everyone.
184 days between Malaga 2026 and Valencia 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:28 behind the field.
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
9 races · 8 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:40342/504Beat 32%
↑ 184 days after Malaga 2026 5:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:28 behind the field: 5:01 slower on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete5:01 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:39 PB702/1036Beat 32%
↑ 23 days after London Olympia 2026 7:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:05 better than the field: 7:43 faster on the clock, against 0:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This athlete7:43 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:22613/897Beat 32%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:13254/390Beat 35%
↑ 121 days after Dublin 2025 15:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:51 faster for everyone, so 15:44 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:51 faster This athlete16:35 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Relay · Men54:5011/32Beat 66%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:48816/898Beat 9%
↑ 165 days after Riga 2025 15:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:00 behind the field: 12:22 slower on the clock, against 2:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:38 faster This athlete12:22 slower -
Riga31 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:26304/440Beat 31%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Relay · Men59:234/14Beat 71%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:34:161272/1562Beat 19%