Progress against the field
Between Malaga 2025 and Malaga 2026, Paul Ryan pulled 1:43 ahead of the field.
The clock says 5:10 faster, but the races themselves got 3:27 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Dublin 2025 → London Excel 2025: 2:19 in 22 days.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 7 events
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:10:38157/460Beat 66%
↑ 133 days after London Excel 2025 1:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 behind the field: 0:38 slower on the clock, against 0:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:33 faster This athlete0:38 slower -
Katowice21 Feb 2026Doubles Pro · Men58:56 PB38/141Beat 73%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:10:00162/467Beat 65%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 2:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:39 faster for everyone, so 2:19 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete3:58 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:25325/777Beat 58%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Relay · Men54:5011/32Beat 66%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:3448/468Beat 90%
↑ 166 days after Cardiff 2025 4:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:04 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:35 faster for everyone: 4:39 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete0:04 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:13:5854/88Beat 39%
↑ 236 days after Malaga 2025 0:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:35 better than the field: 1:50 faster on the clock, against 1:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This athlete1:50 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:30 PB114/1401Beat 92%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:15:48113/206Beat 45%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Relay · Men59:234/14Beat 71%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:37 PB133/638Beat 79%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:04:52 PB10/114Beat 91%