Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2026 to Hamburg 2026, Paul O Brien has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
Over the same races everyone got 0:45 slower, so 0:38 slower on the clock looks worse than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 195 days between Warsaw 2026 and Hamburg 2026, still ended 1:40 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
27 races · 23 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:46 PB452/693Beat 35%
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men59:1414/653Beat 98%
↑ 195 days after Warsaw 2026 1:40 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:25 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:05 slower for everyone: 1:40 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 slower This athlete1:25 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men55:3515/396Beat 96%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men57:49 PB24/556Beat 96%
↑ 36 days after Glasgow 2026 1:33 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:47 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:20 faster for everyone, so 1:33 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete0:47 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men58:366/206Beat 97%
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Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Individual Pro · Men58:336/194Beat 97%
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Turin30 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed57:385/762Beat 99%
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Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men59:264/268Beat 99%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men58:338/243Beat 97%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:05 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:50 faster: 1:55 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 slower This athlete0:50 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men54:29 PB11/253Beat 96%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:30 PB136/941Beat 86%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed57:15 PB1/218Beat 100%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men59:2316/467Beat 97%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 1:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
No different on the clock in a race that was 1:39 faster for everyone: 1:39 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athleteno different -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed57:389/594Beat 99%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men59:235/115Beat 96%
↑ 166 days after Cardiff 2025 3:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:11 better than the field: 4:18 faster on the clock, against 1:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 faster This athlete4:18 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed58:317/344Beat 98%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:03:418/112Beat 93%
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Berlin16 May 2025Relay · Mixed1:05:5411/53Beat 79%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Pro · Men59:0417/351Beat 95%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men59:408/177Beat 96%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:01:215/72Beat 93%
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Vienna22 Feb 2025Relay · Men1:08:5926/39Beat 33%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Pro · Men1:02:2126/280Beat 91%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:02:344/114Beat 97%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:09:1531/208Beat 85%