Progress against the field
Gavin Mccarthy has gained 4:06 on the field from Birmingham 2025 to London Excel 2025.
The clock says 7:08 faster, but the races themselves got 3:02 quicker for everyone.
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
8 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:36:19 PB614/693Beat 11%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:58168/605Beat 72%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with David Alvarez 0:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 better than the field: 1:53 faster on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair1:53 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:51124/271Beat 54%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:06429/794Beat 46%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with Shaun Mccarthy 5:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:00 behind the field: 6:15 slower on the clock, against 1:15 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This pair6:15 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:51 PB594/2102Beat 72%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:53 PB1106/2771Beat 60%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 4:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 4:06 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete7:08 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:011010/1821Beat 45%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:12:57108/148Beat 27%