Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Rome 2026, Peter Mcdonald lost 6:54 to the field.
The clock says 2:29 slower, but the races themselves got 4:25 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 293 days between London Excel 2025 and Rome 2026, cost 1:16 on 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 Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:44 PB185/312Beat 41%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with Gareth Henty 2:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:29 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:47 faster for everyone, so 2:42 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This pair3:29 faster -
Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:39446/535Beat 17%
↑ 293 days after London Excel 2025 1:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:16 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete0:07 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:17:13515/813Beat 37%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:13 PB329/887Beat 63%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:29:33840/1198Beat 30%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026, with Bridie McDonald 6:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:11 better than the field: 8:36 faster on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This pair8:36 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:38:09251/297Beat 16%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:462372/2779Beat 15%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 5:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:02 faster for everyone: 5:38 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:36 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:10 PB402/523Beat 23%
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London3 May 2025Relay · Mixed1:03:5820/137Beat 85%