Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and London Excel 2025, Kevin McMahon pulled 9:08 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:12 quicker, so 13:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 182 days between Dublin 2024 and Berlin 2025, still ended 8:36 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
7 races · 6 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:12 PB48/953Beat 95%
↑ 191 days after Dublin 2025, with Rachel McMahon 1:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:05 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:24 slower for everyone: 1:29 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 slower This pair0:05 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:50152/2779Beat 95%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 1:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 behind the field: 0:51 slower on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete0:51 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:1726/401Beat 94%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:59 PB34/898Beat 96%
↑ 180 days after Berlin 2025 1:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:57 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:55 faster: 1:52 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 slower This athlete0:55 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:0229/470Beat 94%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:54118/1851Beat 94%
↑ 182 days after Dublin 2024 8:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:36 better than the field: 13:16 faster on the clock, against 4:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:40 faster This athlete13:16 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:10146/545Beat 73%