Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Rome 2026, Paul McFarland got 0:17 faster than the field.
The clock says 7:02 faster, but the races themselves got 6:45 quicker for everyone.
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 · 5 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:13 PB467/642Beat 27%
↑ 336 days after Birmingham 2025 0:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 better than the field: 7:02 faster on the clock, against 6:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:45 faster This athlete7:02 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:18:48349/478Beat 27%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Aaron Moore 1:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:55 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:18 faster for everyone: 1:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This pair0:55 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:17:53 PB1515/2102Beat 28%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:21 PB242/401Beat 40%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:151528/1821Beat 16%