Progress against the field
Between Milan 2024 and Glasgow 2026, Paul McManus lost 15:52 to the field.
The clock says 1:02 slower, but the races themselves got 14:50 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 221 days between Belgium 2025 and Dublin 2025, cost 8:11 on 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
14 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:02:16 PB194/476Beat 59%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:08 PB147/1198Beat 88%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:1798/613Beat 84%
↑ 119 days after Dublin 2025 1:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 behind the field: 1:17 slower on the clock, against 0:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 faster This athlete1:17 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:00160/898Beat 82%
↑ 221 days after Belgium 2025 8:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:11 behind the field: 2:43 slower on the clock, against 5:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:28 faster This athlete2:43 slower -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:11 PB95/190Beat 50%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:17129/1638Beat 92%
↑ 24 days after Glasgow 2025 4:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:20 faster for everyone: 4:43 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete2:23 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Relay · Men54:118/42Beat 81%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:54 PB89/1588Beat 94%
↑ 103 days after London 2024 1:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:51 faster for everyone, so 1:25 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete2:26 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:20120/1637Beat 93%
↑ 41 days after Milan 2024 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:55 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:55 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This athlete2:55 faster -
Milan19 Oct 2024Relay · Men55:482/35Beat 94%
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Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:1599/1370Beat 93%
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Malaga13 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Men1:01:04 PB40/332Beat 88%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:40209/1784Beat 88%
↑ 126 days after Dublin 2023 4:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:54 faster for everyone, so 4:25 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:54 faster This athlete3:29 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:15:0951/777Beat 93%