Progress against the field
Gary Gallen has dropped 10:16 behind the field from Cardiff 2026 to Geneva 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 4:33 quicker, so 5:43 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Rome 2026 → Geneva 2026: 11:52 in 16 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
9 races · 9 events
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men2:14:26397/408Beat 3%
↑ 16 days after Rome 2026 11:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:00 faster for everyone, so 11:52 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete13:52 faster -
Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men2:28:18578/581Beat 1%
↑ 132 days after Barcelona 2026 11:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:24 behind the field: 10:51 slower on the clock, against 0:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:33 faster This athlete10:51 slower -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men2:17:27546/549Beat 1%
↑ 15 days after Cardiff 2026 10:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:44 behind the field: 8:44 slower on the clock, against 2:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete8:44 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men2:08:43509/528Beat 4%
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Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men2:03:53 PB571/588Beat 3%
↑ 64 days after Madrid 2025 5:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:27 better than the field: 9:31 faster on the clock, against 4:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:04 faster This athlete9:31 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men2:13:241290/1312Beat 2%
↑ 208 days after London 2025 3:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 behind the field: 4:50 slower on the clock, against 1:50 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:50 slower This athlete4:50 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men2:08:341874/1917Beat 2%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men2:13:35655/659Beat 1%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men2:18:161186/1191Beat 0%