Progress against the field
Joe Doyle-Ward and Cathal O Connor have dropped 0:41 behind the field from London 2024 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 2:34 faster, but the races themselves got 3:15 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 370 days between London 2024 and London Excel 2025, still ended 1:12 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 · Men, with Cathal O Connor, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:4898/430Beat 77%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Cathal O Connor 1:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:18 faster for everyone: 1:53 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This pair1:35 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:48 PB194/716Beat 73%
↑ 377 days after Glasgow 2025 1:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:47 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:43 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:47 faster This athlete1:04 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:13 PB459/2102Beat 78%
↑ 370 days after London 2024, with Cathal O Connor 1:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:09 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:57 faster for everyone, so 1:12 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:57 faster This pair4:09 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:52509/1588Beat 68%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:08:22301/984Beat 69%
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Paris9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:13:02386/865Beat 55%