Progress against the field
From Dublin 2025 to Madrid 2025, Rory Higgins got 4:30 faster than the field.
The clock says 3:54 faster, but the races themselves got 0:36 slower for everyone.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 11 events
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:51 PB23/408Beat 94%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:2759/1014Beat 94%
↑ 362 days after Rome 2025, with John Ryan 3:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:25 faster for everyone: 3:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:25 faster This pair1:53 slower -
Riga30 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:01 PB102/477Beat 79%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:4955/391Beat 86%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:47504/1198Beat 58%
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Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:32520/1500Beat 65%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:37 PB119/196Beat 39%
↑ 15 days after Dublin 2025 4:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:36 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:54 faster: 4:30 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 slower This athlete3:54 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:23:31104/147Beat 29%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men59:34 PB47/775Beat 94%
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Riga31 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:1047/252Beat 81%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:41284/1588Beat 82%
↑ 144 days after Milan 2024 2:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:06 faster for everyone, so 2:50 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:06 faster This athlete9:56 faster -
Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:37385/1370Beat 72%