Progress against the field
From Manchester 2025 to Malaga 2026, the field gained 6:15 on Gerry Philbin.
The clock says 5:16 faster, but the races themselves got 11:31 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Dublin 2025 → Glasgow 2026: 4:29 on the field in 119 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 10 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:07 PB27/302Beat 91%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:38 PB117/1036Beat 89%
↑ 36 days after Glasgow 2026 0:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:29 better than the field: 5:25 faster on the clock, against 4:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:56 faster This athlete5:25 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:22:25 PB695/917Beat 24%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:03101/595Beat 83%
↑ 119 days after Dublin 2025 4:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:29 better than the field: 4:45 faster on the clock, against 0:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 faster This athlete4:45 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:48316/955Beat 67%
↑ 26 days after Valencia 2025 9:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:00 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:26 faster for everyone: 9:26 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:26 faster This athlete5:00 slower -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:48174/1018Beat 83%
↑ 154 days after Berlin 2025 1:05 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:54 slower for everyone: 1:05 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 slower This athlete2:49 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:59286/1851Beat 85%
↑ 65 days after Glasgow 2025 1:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:04 better than the field: 3:37 faster on the clock, against 2:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:33 faster This athlete3:37 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:36322/1588Beat 80%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 3:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:14 faster for everyone: 3:56 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete0:42 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:54260/1191Beat 78%
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Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:16161/1066Beat 85%
↑ 238 days after Glasgow 2024 9:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:14 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:13 faster for everyone, so 9:01 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete11:14 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:30791/1784Beat 56%