Progress against the field
Brian Ronan has dropped 16:48 behind the field from Malaga 2024 to Berlin 2026.
The clock says 8:17 slower, but the races themselves got 8:31 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 216 days between Malaga 2024 and Dublin 2024, still ended 1:55 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
6 races · 6 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:33545/704Beat 23%
↑ 105 days after Vienna 2026 10:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:43 behind the field: 8:37 slower on the clock, against 2:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:06 faster This athlete8:37 slower -
Vienna6 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:56840/1311Beat 36%
↑ 86 days after Dublin 2025 2:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:35 behind the field: 2:50 slower on the clock, against 0:15 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 slower This athlete2:50 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:06598/898Beat 33%
↑ 180 days after Berlin 2025 2:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:57 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:57 slower for everyone: 2:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 slower This athlete2:57 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:09 PB515/748Beat 31%
↑ 182 days after Dublin 2024 3:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:40 faster for everyone, so 3:25 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:40 faster This athlete1:15 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:24276/545Beat 49%
↑ 216 days after Malaga 2024 1:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:57 faster for everyone, so 1:55 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:57 faster This athlete4:52 faster -
Malaga13 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:16392/547Beat 28%