Progress against the field
Between Cologne 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Paul McManus lost 8:14 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:03 quicker, so 3:11 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
198 days between Warsaw 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:15 behind the field.
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
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:12138/646Beat 79%
↑ 198 days after Warsaw 2026 4:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:15 behind the field: 4:58 slower on the clock, against 0:43 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:43 slower This athlete4:58 slower -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:03 PB37/181Beat 80%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:14 PB64/555Beat 89%
↑ 155 days after Dublin 2025 3:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:12 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:03 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:12 faster This athlete1:09 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:23138/955Beat 86%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 2:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:43 better than the field: 5:32 faster on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete5:32 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:55361/1600Beat 77%
↑ 195 days after Cologne 2025 3:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:39 behind the field: 4:54 slower on the clock, against 1:15 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This athlete4:54 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:0115/164Beat 91%
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Toulouse8 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:08337/1789Beat 81%
↑ 85 days after Dublin 2024 1:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:18 faster for everyone, so 1:02 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This athlete2:20 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:28316/1221Beat 74%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2024 0:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 better than the field: 4:36 faster on the clock, against 3:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete4:36 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:04646/1916Beat 66%