Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2024 and Lisboa 2026, Michael Nolan pulled 18:04 ahead of the field.
The clock says 25:35 faster, but the races themselves got 7:31 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cardiff 2025 → Dublin 2025: 11:38 on the field in 166 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
10 races · 9 events
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Lisboa1 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:16568/887Beat 36%
↑ 148 days after London Excel 2025 1:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 behind the field: 2:15 slower on the clock, against 0:21 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete2:15 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:01 PB1790/2779Beat 36%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 7:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:36 better than the field: 8:05 faster on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete8:05 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:48387/667Beat 42%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:06771/955Beat 19%
↑ 166 days after Cardiff 2025 11:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:38 better than the field: 16:13 faster on the clock, against 4:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete16:13 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:52:191327/1401Beat 5%
↑ 35 days after Barcelona 2025 4:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:48 better than the field: 6:05 faster on the clock, against 1:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This athlete6:05 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:58:241073/1106Beat 3%
↑ 161 days after Dublin 2024 4:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:39 faster for everyone: 4:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:39 faster This athlete3:51 slower -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:54:50 PB514/524Beat 2%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:54:33523/545Beat 4%
↑ 36 days after Amsterdam 2024 0:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:26 better than the field: 1:18 faster on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete1:18 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:55:51620/659Beat 6%
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BudapestDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:09:30 PB81/293Beat 72%