Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Noeleen Howlin lost 3:10 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:27 quicker, so 1:17 faster 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:23:4957/253Beat 78%
↑ 168 days after Dublin 2025 2:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:56 behind the field: 2:36 slower on the clock, against 0:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 faster This athlete2:36 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:21:13 PB155/539Beat 71%
↑ 166 days after Cardiff 2025 0:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:53 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:07 faster for everyone, so 0:14 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:07 faster This athlete3:53 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:25:06221/587Beat 62%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Women1:31:08121/264Beat 54%
↑ 161 days after Dublin 2024 4:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:46 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:28 faster: 4:14 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 slower This athlete3:28 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:34:36285/548Beat 48%
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Dublin28 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Women1:25:33 PB136/352Beat 61%