Progress against the field
Beth McDonald has dropped 11:03 behind the field from Cardiff 2025 to Cardiff 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 8:30 quicker, so 2:33 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was London Olympia 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 4:22 on the field in 36 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
6 races · 6 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:41:33177/253Beat 30%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 4:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:22 better than the field: 4:50 faster on the clock, against 0:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This athlete4:50 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:46:23376/493Beat 24%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 6:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:08 behind the field: 2:30 slower on the clock, against 3:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete2:30 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:43:53575/825Beat 30%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:43 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:26 slower for everyone: 1:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 slower This athlete1:43 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:42:101198/1542Beat 22%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 2:54 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:04 faster for everyone, so 2:54 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:04 faster This athlete0:10 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:42:20260/380Beat 32%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 5:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:06 behind the field: 3:20 slower on the clock, against 1:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 faster This athlete3:20 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:39:00 PB423/587Beat 28%