Progress against the field
Between Warsaw 2025 and Warsaw 2026, James Barry lost 3:44 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:11 quicker, so 2:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Dublin 2025 → Warsaw 2026: 5:34 on the field in 155 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
6 races · 6 events
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:39 PB118/214Beat 45%
↑ 155 days after Dublin 2025 5:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:34 better than the field: 9:46 faster on the clock, against 4:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:12 faster This athlete9:46 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:25664/955Beat 31%
↑ 166 days after Cardiff 2025 4:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:42 behind the field: 0:07 slower on the clock, against 4:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete0:07 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:18437/639Beat 32%
↑ 48 days after Warsaw 2025 4:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:12 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:36 slower for everyone: 4:36 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 slower This athlete7:12 slower -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:41310/781Beat 60%
↑ 161 days after Dublin 2024, with Alan Campbell 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 slower on the clock, and the race was 0:22 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:22 slower This pair0:22 slower -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:06406/768Beat 47%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:09:19 PB280/638Beat 56%