Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and Berlin 2026, Paula Lahiff lost 2:50 to the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 2:23 slower on the clock is close to the whole story.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 201 days between Barcelona 2025 and Dublin 2025, still ended 5:21 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
4 races · 4 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Women2:13:50307/315Beat 3%
↑ 191 days after Dublin 2025 2:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 behind the field: 5:44 slower on the clock, against 2:54 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 slower This athlete5:44 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women2:08:06 PB526/539Beat 2%
↑ 201 days after Barcelona 2025 5:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:21 better than the field: 9:28 faster on the clock, against 4:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:07 faster This athlete9:28 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Women2:17:34258/264Beat 2%
↑ 161 days after Dublin 2024 5:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:07 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:46 slower for everyone: 5:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 slower This athlete6:07 slower -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women2:11:27379/391Beat 3%