Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Lorcan Browne pulled 3:21 ahead of the field.
The clock says 9:05 faster, but the races themselves got 5:44 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Cardiff 2025 → Dublin 2025: 4:54 in 166 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
3 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:54:18428/456Beat 6%
↑ 168 days after Dublin 2025 1:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 behind the field: 0:24 slower on the clock, against 1:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:09 faster This athlete0:24 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:53:54 PB861/898Beat 4%
↑ 166 days after Cardiff 2025 4:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:54 better than the field: 9:29 faster on the clock, against 4:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete9:29 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men2:03:23624/639Beat 2%