Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2025 to Berlin 2026, Gary Penrose got 7:30 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:45 quicker, so 12:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Cardiff 2025 → Rome 2025: 8:28 on the field in 119 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
10 races · 10 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:56 PB10/993Beat 99%
↑ 160 days after Poznan 2025 0:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:02 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:42 faster for everyone, so 0:40 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete0:02 faster -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men55:09 PB2/175Beat 99%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:28 PB77/202Beat 62%
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Poznan13 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:01:5818/1184Beat 99%
↑ 52 days after Birmingham 2025 0:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:27 faster for everyone, so 0:10 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:27 faster This athlete1:37 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men58:1125/777Beat 97%
↑ 245 days after Glasgow 2025, with Shane Penrose 2:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:18 better than the field: 4:25 faster on the clock, against 2:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This pair4:25 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:3557/1821Beat 97%
↑ 26 days after Rome 2025 0:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:14 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:42 faster for everyone, so 0:28 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete0:14 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:4913/632Beat 98%
↑ 119 days after Cardiff 2025 8:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:28 better than the field: 10:22 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete10:22 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:11353/1401Beat 75%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:36176/1105Beat 84%
↑ 117 days after Dublin 2024, with Shane Penrose 3:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:18 faster for everyone, so 3:07 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This pair4:25 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:07:01221/638Beat 65%