Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2023 and Cardiff 2026, Michelle McDermott lost 3:28 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:28 quicker, so 6:00 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 404 days between Malaga 2025 and Cardiff 2026, cost 5:26 on 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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 9 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:16:3321/400Beat 95%
↑ 404 days after Malaga 2025 5:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:26 behind the field: 0:34 slower on the clock, against 4:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:52 faster This athlete0:34 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:19 PB29/559Beat 95%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Women1:12:2225/61Beat 59%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Relay · Mixed1:01:328/35Beat 77%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:15:59 PB49/510Beat 90%
↑ 147 days after Birmingham 2024 1:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:16 faster for everyone, so 1:50 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:16 faster This athlete0:26 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Women1:08:24 PB21/560Beat 96%
↑ 384 days after Dublin 2023, with Paula Mcdaid 2:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:34 faster on the clock, yet the race was 8:48 faster for everyone, so 2:14 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:48 faster This pair6:34 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Women1:16:2574/846Beat 91%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 3:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:20 faster for everyone, so 3:48 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete6:08 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Women1:14:5827/352Beat 92%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Women1:22:33102/532Beat 81%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownDoubles Pro · Women1:09:47 PB145/361Beat 60%