Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Richard Mackin pulled 9:52 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:11 quicker, so 17:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 8:11 ahead of 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
5 races · 3 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:52 PB193/1035Beat 81%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Owen Evans 1:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:36 faster for everyone, so 1:55 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair3:31 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:38 PB96/677Beat 86%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 8:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 8:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete9:54 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:2390/430Beat 79%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:32317/913Beat 65%
↑ 98 days after Amsterdam 2026 1:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:09 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:28 faster for everyone, so 1:41 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:28 faster This athlete7:09 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:41337/608Beat 45%