Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2025 and Barcelona 2026, Michael Parkin lost 1:11 to the field.
The clock says 1:09 faster, but the races themselves got 2:20 quicker for everyone.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:31 PB93/312Beat 70%
↑ 598 days after Glasgow 2025, with Duke Dublin 3:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:38 better than the field: 6:43 faster on the clock, against 3:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This pair6:43 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:05 PB249/643Beat 61%
↑ 183 days after Dublin 2025 1:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:20 faster for everyone, so 1:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete1:09 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:21170/398Beat 57%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:14455/955Beat 52%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:14550/947Beat 42%