Progress against the field
From Malaga 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Kealan Bolton got 7:47 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:27 quicker, so 15:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The field was beaten in 3 of 4 comparisons.
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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:07 PB71/693Beat 90%
↑ 198 days after Malaga 2026 0:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:47 better than the field: 1:08 faster on the clock, against 0:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 faster This athlete1:08 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:15221/1036Beat 79%
↑ 155 days after Dublin 2025 2:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 better than the field: 5:51 faster on the clock, against 3:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete5:51 faster -
Vienna6 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:00 PB174/961Beat 82%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:06295/898Beat 67%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 2:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:18 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:31 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete0:18 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:24424/1600Beat 74%
↑ 215 days after Malaga 2025 7:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:46 faster for everyone, so 7:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete7:57 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:21576/966Beat 40%