Progress against the field
Between Malaga 2025 and Glasgow 2026, Josh McCarthy pulled 1:57 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:52 quicker, so 2:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:32 PB140/1159Beat 88%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Amy Wood 1:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:47 faster for everyone, so 1:48 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:47 faster This pair4:35 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:19 PB178/1452Beat 88%
↑ 355 days after Malaga 2025 1:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 better than the field: 2:49 faster on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete2:49 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:0754/297Beat 82%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:0872/534Beat 87%