Progress against the field
From Dublin 2023 to Riga 2026, Scott Bartholomew got 12:19 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 15:56 quicker, so 28:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 746 days between Dublin 2023 and Dublin 2025, still ended 7:30 ahead of 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:10 PB421/882Beat 52%
↑ 199 days after Dublin 2025 4:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:49 better than the field: 7:48 faster on the clock, against 2:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete7:48 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:58751/955Beat 21%
↑ 746 days after Dublin 2023 7:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:30 better than the field: 20:27 faster on the clock, against 12:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →12:57 faster This athlete20:27 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:55:25681/777Beat 12%