Progress against the field
From Dublin 2024 to Barcelona 2025, Edward McCole got 3:40 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:24 quicker, so 6:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Dublin 2024 → Malaga 2025: 3:26 in 126 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 13 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:39 PB316/653Beat 52%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2026 2:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:49 better than the field: 5:56 faster on the clock, against 3:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:07 faster This athlete5:56 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:11:00231/361Beat 36%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:27:35301/439Beat 31%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:28:24370/460Beat 20%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Relay · Men1:10:5729/69Beat 58%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:26:45177/249Beat 29%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:17398/1106Beat 64%
↑ 35 days after Malaga 2025 0:14 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:28 slower on the clock, but the race was 0:42 slower for everyone, so this was 0:14 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 slower This athlete0:28 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:49 PB397/966Beat 59%
↑ 126 days after Dublin 2024 3:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:26 better than the field: 6:32 faster on the clock, against 3:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete6:32 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:21253/545Beat 54%
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:12:1038/44Beat 14%
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Bilbao10 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:15297/527Beat 44%
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Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:27:53280/777Beat 64%
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Hannover6 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:27:26208/354Beat 41%
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BudapestDate unknownDoubles Pro · Men1:09:20 PB62/84Beat 26%