Progress against the field
Between Malaga 2025 and Riga 2026, John Maccarthy lost 5:09 to the field.
The clock says 0:35 faster, but the races themselves got 5:44 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 246 days between Oslo 2025 and Riga 2026, cost 13:07 on 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 · Men1:31:12519/882Beat 41%
↑ 246 days after Oslo 2025 13:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:53 faster for everyone: 13:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:53 faster This athlete9:14 slower -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:58 PB150/319Beat 53%
↑ 189 days after Malaga 2025 7:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:51 faster for everyone, so 7:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This athlete9:49 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:47388/534Beat 27%