Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2023 and Cardiff 2026, Paul Fagan lost 37:31 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 12:24 quicker, so 25:07 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
636 days between Manchester 2023 and Birmingham 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:58 behind 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:56:17851/913Beat 7%
↑ 551 days after Birmingham 2024 32:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
32:33 behind the field: 25:23 slower on the clock, against 7:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:10 faster This athlete25:23 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:54 PB1241/1916Beat 35%
↑ 636 days after Manchester 2023 4:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:14 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:58 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:14 faster This athlete0:16 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:31:10332/649Beat 49%