Progress against the field
Mairead O Connor and Stuart Bowen have gained 19:35 on the field from Birmingham 2024 to Valencia 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 4:48 quicker, so 24:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 551 days between Birmingham 2024 and Cardiff 2026, still ended 21:21 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 Doubles Open · Mixed, with Stuart Bowen, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:18477/743Beat 36%
↑ 171 days after Cardiff 2026, with Stuart Bowen 1:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:46 behind the field: 0:28 slower on the clock, against 1:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This pair0:28 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:50 PB305/491Beat 38%
↑ 551 days after Birmingham 2024, with Stuart Bowen 21:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:21 better than the field: 24:51 faster on the clock, against 3:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This pair24:51 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Women1:31:51 PB212/276Beat 23%
↑ 176 days after Birmingham 2025, with Marta Kowalska 7:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:38 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:39 faster for everyone, so 7:59 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This pair9:38 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Women1:41:29973/1111Beat 12%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:49:41463/494Beat 6%