Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and Warsaw 2026, Michael Kay pulled 9:23 ahead of the field.
The clock says 18:17 faster, but the races themselves got 8:54 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 364 days between Glasgow 2025 and Glasgow 2026, still ended 7:27 ahead of 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.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:0978/214Beat 64%
↑ 36 days after Glasgow 2026 4:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:53 behind the field: 0:41 slower on the clock, against 4:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:12 faster This athlete0:41 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Mixed1:06:4227/119Beat 77%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:28 PB136/595Beat 77%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025 7:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:27 better than the field: 9:03 faster on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete9:03 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:51 PB180/870Beat 79%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:31836/1445Beat 42%
↑ 117 days after Dublin 2024 6:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:55 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:06 faster for everyone, so 6:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete9:55 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Mixed1:23:4064/71Beat 10%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:33:26920/1221Beat 25%