Progress against the field
From London Olympia 2026 to Gdansk 2026, Ryan Welsh got 3:57 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:54 slower, so 3:03 faster on the clock looks worse 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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men57:37 PB13/312Beat 96%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Killian Murphy 1:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:20 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:36 faster for everyone, so 1:44 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair3:20 faster -
Gdansk10 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:05 PB131/1349Beat 90%
↑ 200 days after London Olympia 2026 3:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:03 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:54 slower for everyone: 3:57 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:54 slower This athlete3:03 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:5723/271Beat 92%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:08159/897Beat 82%