Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Helen Richard McCarthy got 8:23 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:03 quicker, so 9:26 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 Pro · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Women1:29:01 PB143/231Beat 38%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 8:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:23 better than the field: 9:26 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete9:26 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:27:3697/318Beat 70%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:27:5095/288Beat 67%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Women1:38:27252/315Beat 20%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:29:18294/649Beat 55%
↑ 103 days after London 2024 6:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:54 faster for everyone: 6:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This athlete2:13 slower -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:27:05 PB245/590Beat 59%