Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Valencia 2026, Stuart Bowen and Mairead O Connor pulled 19:35 ahead of the field.
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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:23:15459/600Beat 24%
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:18477/743Beat 36%
↑ 171 days after Cardiff 2026, with Mairead O Connor 1:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:28 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:18 faster for everyone: 1:46 lost to the field.
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 Mairead O Connor 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 · Men1:14:46 PB225/349Beat 36%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:49:41463/494Beat 6%