Progress against the field
Gerard Farrell has dropped 4:19 behind the field from Berlin 2024 to Berlin 2026.
The clock says 0:44 slower, but the races themselves got 3:35 quicker for everyone.
The field was beaten in 3 of 4 comparisons.
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
7 races · 7 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:49279/686Beat 59%
↑ 191 days after Dublin 2025 0:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:16 faster for everyone, so 0:47 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 faster This athlete1:03 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:17270/1006Beat 73%
↑ 266 days after New York 2025, with Thomas Nolan 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:35 slower on the clock, and the race was 6:35 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →6:35 slower This pair6:35 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:52447/898Beat 50%
↑ 245 days after Glasgow 2025 7:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:43 behind the field: 4:32 slower on the clock, against 3:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete4:32 slower -
New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:42 PB48/302Beat 84%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:20 PB542/1588Beat 66%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 1:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 better than the field: 7:06 faster on the clock, against 5:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete7:06 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:26906/1916Beat 53%
↑ 188 days after Berlin 2024 0:52 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:13 slower for everyone: 0:52 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →5:13 slower This athlete4:21 slower -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:05502/953Beat 47%