Progress against the field
From Berlin 2024 to Glasgow 2025, John Fitzgerald got 9:57 faster than the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 10:25 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
188 days between Berlin 2024 and Birmingham 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 11:00 better than 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
18 races · 14 events
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Istanbul1 Aug 2026Doubles Pro · Men54:3512/108Beat 89%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed55:48 PB3/546Beat 100%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:03:3958/462Beat 87%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 1:10 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:39 faster for everyone, so 1:10 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete0:29 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Relay · Men50:341/32Beat 97%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men53:55 PB3/105Beat 97%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:04:0818/115Beat 84%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 2:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 behind the field: 1:35 slower on the clock, against 1:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete1:35 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:43140/889Beat 84%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:02:33 PB10/141Beat 93%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men55:216/72Beat 92%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men52:33 PB6/947Beat 99%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men58:56 PB11/1445Beat 99%
↑ 88 days after Frankfurt 2024 23:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
25:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:06 faster for everyone, so 23:18 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:06 faster This athlete25:24 faster -
Katowice22 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:09:5438/183Beat 79%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:20735/1480Beat 50%
↑ 29 days after Dublin 2024 23:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:08 behind the field: 23:17 slower on the clock, against 0:09 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:09 slower This athlete23:17 slower -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:01:038/1221Beat 99%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2024 1:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:44 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:13 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete2:31 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:03:3413/816Beat 98%
↑ 188 days after Berlin 2024 11:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 5:13 slower for everyone and the clock still says 5:47 faster: 11:00 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:13 slower This athlete5:47 faster -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:09:21168/953Beat 82%
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BudapestDate unknownDoubles Pro · Men54:1910/84Beat 88%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:07:41268/522Beat 49%