Progress against the field
From Dublin 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Iain Gray got 2:24 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:04 quicker, so 5:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Dublin 2025 → Glasgow 2026: 4:09 on the field in 119 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
4 races · 4 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:36 PB452/913Beat 51%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 1:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:48 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:45 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete1:03 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:39762/1452Beat 48%
↑ 119 days after Dublin 2025 4:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:09 better than the field: 4:25 faster on the clock, against 0:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 faster This athlete4:25 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:04617/898Beat 31%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Relay · Mixed1:23:3027/40Beat 33%