Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2023 and Glasgow 2026, Michael Ward lost 6:29 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 14:07 quicker, so 7:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Dublin 2023 → Glasgow 2024: 13:34 in 126 days.
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
9 races · 9 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:22706/898Beat 21%
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Hangzhou4 Jul 2026Doubles Open · Men1:23:12 PB252/483Beat 48%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:06 PB269/613Beat 56%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025 0:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:36 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:31 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete1:05 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:01:58 PB32/116Beat 72%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:11849/1588Beat 47%
↑ 117 days after Dublin 2024 0:55 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:06 faster for everyone, so 0:55 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete2:11 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:22721/1221Beat 41%
↑ 258 days after Glasgow 2024 3:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:20 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:46 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:20 faster This athlete1:34 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:56975/1784Beat 45%
↑ 126 days after Dublin 2023 13:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:34 better than the field: 21:28 faster on the clock, against 7:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:54 faster This athlete21:28 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:49:24636/777Beat 18%
↑ 259 days after Glasgow 2023 14:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:51 behind the field: 18:40 slower on the clock, against 3:49 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:49 slower This athlete18:40 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:30:44635/974Beat 35%