Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026, John Kavanagh got 6:57 faster than the field.
The clock says 9:07 faster, but the races themselves got 2:10 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from London Excel 2025 → EMEA London Olympia 2026: 6:56 in 110 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
-
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:11 PB882/1442Beat 39%
↑ 221 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:47 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This athlete0:48 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:59841/958Beat 12%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 6:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:56 better than the field: 8:19 faster on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete8:19 faster -
Bilbao7 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:17 PB316/866Beat 64%
-
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:182326/2779Beat 16%
-
Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:14219/484Beat 55%
↑ 196 days after Copenhagen 2025, with Chloe Oram 0:36 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:18 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:54 slower for everyone, so this was 0:36 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 slower This pair1:18 slower -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:56387/742Beat 48%