Progress against the field
From London 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Ryan McKay has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The clock says 5:06 faster, but the races themselves got 4:52 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from London 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 4:43 in 172 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. 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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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:49 PB216/528Beat 59%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 1:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:11 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete0:34 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:231141/2771Beat 59%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 3:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:02 faster for everyone: 3:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete0:16 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:50 PB250/667Beat 63%
↑ 245 days after Glasgow 2025, with Lee Smyth 1:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:43 better than the field: 3:50 faster on the clock, against 2:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This pair3:50 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:07585/1600Beat 63%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 4:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:05 faster for everyone, so 4:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete4:48 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:551109/1917Beat 42%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:40562/947Beat 41%
↑ 117 days after Dublin 2024, with Lee Smyth 4:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:11 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:18 faster for everyone, so 4:53 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This pair6:11 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:18:51509/638Beat 20%