Progress against the field
Between Poznan 2025 and Birmingham 2026, John Kelly lost 1:11 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:39 quicker, so 0:28 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
12 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:22 PB698/1442Beat 52%
↑ 322 days after Poznan 2025 1:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:28 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:39 faster for everyone, so 1:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete0:28 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:20233/848Beat 73%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026, with Susan Gray 2:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:06 slower for everyone: 2:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 slower This pair2:29 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:51 PB174/887Beat 80%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:50:46 PB384/391Beat 2%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:07:17128/202Beat 37%
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Katowice21 Feb 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:20 PB88/141Beat 38%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:09:12176/279Beat 37%
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Poznan13 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:50525/1184Beat 56%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:00287/468Beat 39%
↑ 382 days after Madrid 2024 0:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:04 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:02 faster for everyone, so 0:58 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:02 faster This athlete6:04 faster -
Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:04669/1066Beat 37%
↑ 238 days after Glasgow 2024 1:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:55 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:13 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:18 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete0:55 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:591172/1784Beat 34%
↑ 385 days after Glasgow 2023 0:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:15 better than the field: 2:43 faster on the clock, against 2:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This athlete2:43 faster -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:35:42725/974Beat 26%