Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and Dublin 2025, James Bailey pulled 2:15 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:52 quicker, so 6:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Barcelona 2025 → Berlin 2025: 3:43 on the field in 21 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.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:36299/561Beat 47%
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Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:50225/609Beat 63%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:10536/955Beat 44%
↑ 180 days after Berlin 2025 0:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:57 slower for everyone: 0:22 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 slower This athlete1:19 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:511066/1851Beat 42%
↑ 21 days after Barcelona 2025 3:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:01 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:18 faster for everyone, so 3:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:18 faster This athlete7:01 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:52766/1106Beat 31%
↑ 44 days after Glasgow 2025 4:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:35 slower for everyone: 4:44 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 slower This athlete6:19 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:33824/1588Beat 48%
↑ 117 days after Dublin 2024 3:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:38 better than the field: 6:44 faster on the clock, against 3:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete6:44 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:17838/1221Beat 31%
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Singapore ExpoDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:21:15 PB177/1182Beat 85%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:21:2321/88Beat 76%