Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Patrick Malone got 1:19 faster than the field.
The clock says 3:04 faster, but the races themselves got 1:45 quicker for everyone.
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
4 races · 4 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:50 PB123/456Beat 73%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 1:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 better than the field: 3:04 faster on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete3:04 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:541021/2779Beat 63%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:21410/777Beat 47%
↑ 201 days after Barcelona 2025, with Niall Burns 4:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:01 behind the field: 1:06 slower on the clock, against 2:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This pair1:06 slower -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:15 PB201/497Beat 60%