Progress against the field
Laurence Murphy has dropped 0:49 behind the field from London Excel 2025 to Barcelona 2026.
The clock says 2:10 faster, but the races themselves got 2:59 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from London Excel 2025 → London Olympia 2026: 6:08 in 110 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:22 PB146/293Beat 50%
↑ 353 days after Dublin 2025, with Leanne Quinn 6:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:40 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:29 faster for everyone, so 6:11 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This pair6:40 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:19470/549Beat 14%
↑ 51 days after London Olympia 2026 6:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:57 behind the field: 5:52 slower on the clock, against 1:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 faster This athlete5:52 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:27 PB615/897Beat 31%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 6:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:08 better than the field: 8:02 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete8:02 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:292334/2771Beat 16%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:02409/559Beat 27%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:23:11 PB220/269Beat 18%