Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and Birmingham 2025, Ryan O Brien pulled 3:07 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:45 quicker, so 5:52 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 193 days between Warsaw 2025 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 2:06 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
21 races · 14 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men58:0026/361Beat 93%
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Bologna4 Apr 2026Relay · Men54:433/10Beat 70%
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Bologna4 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men59:2124/468Beat 95%
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Bologna4 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:32 PB124/860Beat 86%
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Bologna4 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men54:43 PB2/482Beat 100%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men55:56 PB42/493Beat 92%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men58:4657/312Beat 82%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025, with Nathan Adams 2:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:26 behind the field: 0:25 slower on the clock, against 2:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 faster This pair0:25 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Relay · Men51:433/32Beat 91%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men55:522/230Beat 99%
↑ 180 days after Berlin 2025, with Nathan Adams 1:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:07 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:45 slower for everyone: 1:52 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:45 slower This pair1:07 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men56:3512/105Beat 89%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men58:2112/116Beat 90%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men57:4517/176Beat 90%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:52 PB63/1821Beat 97%
↑ 193 days after Warsaw 2025 2:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:56 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:10 faster: 2:06 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 slower This athlete0:10 faster -
Gdansk12 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:06:53 PB24/124Beat 81%
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Riga31 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men59:014/28Beat 86%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men56:5949/1325Beat 96%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:0230/715Beat 96%
↑ 31 days after Glasgow 2025 1:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:01 better than the field: 5:42 faster on the clock, against 4:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete5:42 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:44231/1445Beat 84%
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Vienna22 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:05169/655Beat 74%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:10:2970/122Beat 43%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:16:10180/290Beat 38%