Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Turin 2026, Valentine O'Donoghue lost 4:42 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:43 quicker, so 2:59 slower 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:37161/466Beat 66%
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Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:11538/1511Beat 64%
↑ 57 days after London Excel 2025 4:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:42 behind the field: 2:59 slower on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete2:59 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:12 PB962/2779Beat 65%