Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Michaela Dorrian got 2:03 faster than the field.
The clock says 5:08 faster, but the races themselves got 3:05 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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Women1:13:0372/627Beat 89%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with Helen Stanley 2:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:34 faster for everyone: 2:16 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 faster This pair0:42 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:24:28 PB65/253Beat 74%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 0:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:31 faster for everyone, so 0:52 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete4:23 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women1:12:21 PB110/867Beat 87%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025, with Helen Stanley 0:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:17 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:42 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:25 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:42 faster This pair2:17 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:08 PB348/824Beat 58%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:28:51325/825Beat 61%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:26 slower for everyone: 1:11 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 slower This athlete0:45 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:29:36562/1379Beat 59%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Women1:14:38141/904Beat 84%