Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Mark Donoghue lost 4:55 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 12:41 quicker, so 7:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
362 days between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:19 behind 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
8 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:25 PB73/359Beat 80%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 1:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:08 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:35 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:08 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:3377/528Beat 85%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 2:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 better than the field: 4:06 faster on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete4:06 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:3934/177Beat 81%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025 1:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:12 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:03 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:51 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:03 faster This athlete3:12 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men59:07125/1815Beat 93%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Paul Milburn 2:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:28 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:51 faster for everyone: 2:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair0:28 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men58:39 PB79/1099Beat 93%
↑ 327 days after London 2024, with Paul Milburn 0:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 better than the field: 3:48 faster on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This pair3:48 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:51477/1600Beat 70%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024 4:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:39 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:19 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:39 faster This athlete0:20 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:02:2791/984Beat 91%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:11244/816Beat 70%