Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2024 and Barcelona 2026, Michael Waugh pulled 5:41 ahead of the field.
The clock says 20:12 faster, but the races themselves got 14:31 quicker for everyone.
315 days between Dublin 2024 and Rome 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:11 behind 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:41 PB369/560Beat 34%
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:57 PB274/549Beat 50%
↑ 230 days after Rome 2025 0:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:43 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:52 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:43 faster This athlete4:51 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:48361/632Beat 43%
↑ 315 days after Dublin 2024 6:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:11 behind the field: 2:43 slower on the clock, against 3:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:28 faster This athlete2:43 slower -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:05258/545Beat 53%
↑ 258 days after Glasgow 2024 12:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:20 faster for everyone, so 12:44 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:20 faster This athlete18:04 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:43:091480/1784Beat 17%