Progress against the field
Between London 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Daniel McDonald lost 5:26 to the field.
The clock says 8:24 faster, but the races themselves got 13:50 quicker for everyone.
188 days between Cardiff 2025 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:31 better than the field.
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
11 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:4393/693Beat 87%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:50 better than the field: 2:33 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete2:33 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:16184/913Beat 80%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 8:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:29 faster for everyone: 8:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete4:59 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:11137/887Beat 85%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025, with Lauren Mann 5:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:09 faster for everyone: 5:26 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:09 faster This pair2:17 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:17156/1463Beat 89%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:00 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:07 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:07 slower for everyone, so this was 1:00 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete0:07 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:10 PB308/2779Beat 89%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 2:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:31 better than the field: 6:33 faster on the clock, against 4:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete6:33 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:34501/954Beat 48%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:54 PB80/889Beat 91%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:43150/639Beat 77%
↑ 14 days after Berlin 2025 2:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 behind the field: 6:01 slower on the clock, against 3:15 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:15 slower This athlete6:01 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:42264/1851Beat 86%
↑ 112 days after Manchester 2025 0:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:11 better than the field: 6:49 faster on the clock, against 6:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:38 faster This athlete6:49 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:31387/1191Beat 68%
↑ 56 days after London 2024 1:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16 better than the field: 3:36 faster on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete3:36 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:07521/1637Beat 68%