Progress against the field
From Dublin 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Johnny Keenan got 4:22 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:18 quicker, so 7:40 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Barcelona 2026 → Birmingham 2026: 4:48 on the field in 170 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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:19 PB274/1442Beat 81%
↑ 170 days after Barcelona 2026 4:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:48 better than the field: 6:04 faster on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete6:04 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:23441/1158Beat 62%
↑ 113 days after Manchester 2026 1:01 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:06 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:07 faster for everyone, so 1:01 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:07 faster This athlete2:06 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:29646/1463Beat 56%
↑ 70 days after Dublin 2025 0:35 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:05 slower for everyone: 0:35 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 slower This athlete0:30 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:59419/955Beat 56%