Progress against the field
Between Helsinki 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Paul Mcgregor lost 10:26 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:41 slower, so 11:07 slower on the clock looks worse than it was.
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
12 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:47:34591/605Beat 2%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:48551/646Beat 15%
↑ 162 days after Berlin 2026 0:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:10 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:17 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This athlete1:53 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:29:23330/371Beat 11%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:44:41599/686Beat 13%
↑ 13 days after Helsinki 2026 10:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:00 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:51 slower for everyone: 10:09 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 slower This athlete13:00 slower -
Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:41 PB639/913Beat 30%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:39197/259Beat 24%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:43:39608/716Beat 15%
↑ 13 days after Glasgow 2026 10:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:04 better than the field: 12:18 faster on the clock, against 2:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This athlete12:18 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:23:45 PB723/917Beat 21%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:55:57544/595Beat 9%
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Vienna6 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:311186/1311Beat 10%
↑ 86 days after Dublin 2025 33:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:15 slower for everyone and the clock still says 33:16 faster: 33:31 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 slower This athlete33:16 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men2:22:47897/898Beat 0%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:30:19803/875Beat 8%