Progress against the field
Jack Desmond has dropped 29:42 behind the field from Rome 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:32 quicker, so 22:10 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Dublin 2025 → Glasgow 2026: 3:16 on the field in 119 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:36736/1442Beat 49%
↑ 154 days after Riga 2026 23:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:06 slower for everyone: 23:57 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 slower This athlete24:03 slower -
Riga30 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:3045/423Beat 89%
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Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:3312/882Beat 99%
↑ 31 days after Cardiff 2026 2:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:05 behind the field: 0:26 slower on the clock, against 1:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete0:26 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:07 PB13/913Beat 99%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 2:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:48 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:26 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete0:22 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:54295/466Beat 37%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:2926/1452Beat 98%
↑ 119 days after Dublin 2025 3:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:32 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:16 faster for everyone, so 3:16 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 faster This athlete3:32 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men58:31 PB93/1815Beat 95%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Joshua Gray 1:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:15 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:51 faster for everyone, so 1:36 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair0:15 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:0140/898Beat 96%
↑ 47 days after Rome 2025 4:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:55 faster for everyone: 4:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This athlete1:35 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men58:4652/1177Beat 96%
↑ 172 days after London 2025, with Joshua Gray 4:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:21 better than the field: 6:19 faster on the clock, against 1:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:58 faster This pair6:19 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:2653/1367Beat 96%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:05255/1010Beat 75%
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Stockholm7 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Men1:08:0068/240Beat 72%
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Milan19 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:15:11188/572Beat 67%
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Rimini1 Jun 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:39:39 PB357/400Beat 11%