Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2023 and Malaga 2024, Christopher Desmond pulled 13:14 ahead of the field.
The clock says 22:07 faster, but the races themselves got 8:53 quicker for everyone.
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 · 11 events
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:14:15 PB279/343Beat 19%
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Poznan13 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:24:48445/540Beat 18%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:17:13102/116Beat 12%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:24630/889Beat 29%
↑ 215 days after Malaga 2025, with Alexandra O Brien 11:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:12 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:12 faster for everyone: 11:24 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:12 faster This pair10:12 slower -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:24:01255/319Beat 20%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:57845/1352Beat 38%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:12 PB342/693Beat 51%
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Vienna22 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:34343/655Beat 48%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:06:07 PB196/638Beat 69%
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Malaga13 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:48 PB406/547Beat 26%
↑ 168 days after Dublin 2023 13:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
22:07 faster on the clock, and the race was 8:53 faster for everyone, so 13:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →8:53 faster This athlete22:07 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:54:55678/777Beat 13%