Progress against the field
From Helsinki 2026 to Oslo 2026, James Mctigue got 2:23 faster than the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 2:23 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
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
7 races · 7 events
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:40558/871Beat 36%
↑ 140 days after Helsinki 2026 2:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:23 faster on the clock, and the race was no different for everyone, so 2:23 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →no different This athlete2:23 faster -
Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:03658/913Beat 28%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:56690/898Beat 23%
↑ 47 days after Oslo 2025 4:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:06 behind the field: 1:36 slower on the clock, against 2:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 faster This athlete1:36 slower -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:20611/935Beat 35%
↑ 119 days after Cardiff 2025 4:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:06 behind the field: 3:24 slower on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete3:24 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:56922/1401Beat 34%
↑ 196 days after Dublin 2024 5:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:55 behind the field: 2:38 slower on the clock, against 3:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:17 faster This athlete2:38 slower -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:18 PB262/545Beat 52%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:08670/1248Beat 46%