Progress against the field
Between Berlin 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Gavin Buckley lost 10:29 to the field.
The clock says 3:28 slower, but the races themselves got 7:01 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 362 days between Dublin 2024 and Dublin 2025, still ended 4:45 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.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:46434/693Beat 37%
↑ 162 days after Berlin 2026 9:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:26 behind the field: 7:16 slower on the clock, against 2:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This athlete7:16 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:30 PB266/704Beat 62%
↑ 90 days after Katowice 2026 0:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 0:15 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:14 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete0:01 faster -
Katowice21 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:31357/859Beat 58%
↑ 101 days after Dublin 2025 1:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 better than the field: 3:31 faster on the clock, against 2:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:02 faster This athlete3:31 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:00 PB326/594Beat 45%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:02562/955Beat 41%
↑ 362 days after Dublin 2024 4:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:32 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:47 faster for everyone, so 4:45 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:47 faster This athlete8:32 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:33:34923/1221Beat 24%
↑ 27 days after Milan 2024 0:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 better than the field: 5:04 faster on the clock, against 4:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:16 faster This athlete5:04 faster -
Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:38958/1370Beat 30%
↑ 182 days after Berlin 2024 7:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:51 behind the field: 13:20 slower on the clock, against 5:29 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 slower This athlete13:20 slower -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:18646/953Beat 32%