Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Thomas Donaghy lost 3:04 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:06 quicker, so 4:02 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2025 → Dublin 2025: 2:10 on the field in 21 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.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:39 PB268/693Beat 61%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:3370/456Beat 85%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 2:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:16 faster for everyone: 2:44 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete1:28 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:05 PB85/897Beat 91%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 1:01 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:06 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:01 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete3:05 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:10279/1463Beat 81%
↑ 70 days after Dublin 2025 1:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:05 slower for everyone: 1:29 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 slower This athlete2:34 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:18:44 PB148/230Beat 36%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:36132/898Beat 85%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 2:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:49 faster for everyone, so 2:10 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete4:59 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:35398/1821Beat 78%