Progress against the field
Barry Mc Dermott has dropped 1:07 behind the field from Dublin 2023 to Riga 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 18:43 quicker, so 17:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Dublin 2025 → Riga 2026: 4:30 in 199 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:21 PB65/882Beat 93%
↑ 199 days after Dublin 2025 4:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:29 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:59 faster for everyone, so 4:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete7:29 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:50262/898Beat 71%
↑ 236 days after Malaga 2025 4:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:08 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:03 faster for everyone: 4:11 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:03 faster This athlete2:08 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:42241/966Beat 75%
↑ 126 days after Dublin 2024 1:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:40 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:06 faster for everyone, so 1:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete1:40 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:22269/1221Beat 78%
↑ 384 days after Dublin 2023 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 10:35 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →10:35 faster This athlete10:35 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:24:57223/777Beat 71%