Progress against the field
Francis Murtagh has dropped 5:57 behind the field from London 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 8:28 quicker, so 2:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 234 days between Glasgow 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 3:23 on 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:03138/1442Beat 90%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 3:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:23 behind the field: 0:29 slower on the clock, against 2:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete0:29 slower -
Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men58:0420/797Beat 98%
↑ 161 days after London Excel 2025, with John Murtagh 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:04 slower on the clock, and the race was 0:04 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:04 slower This pair0:04 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:34 PB100/1452Beat 93%
↑ 145 days after Valencia 2025 1:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:36 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete3:59 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:56 PB100/1206Beat 92%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men58:00 PB77/1815Beat 96%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men58:284/230Beat 98%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:3349/455Beat 89%
↑ 167 days after London 2025 0:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:58 behind the field: 0:59 slower on the clock, against 0:01 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:01 slower This athlete0:59 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:34263/1917Beat 86%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:10131/693Beat 81%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men58:5811/372Beat 97%