Progress against the field
John McKenna has gained 12:31 on the field from Malaga 2025 to Birmingham 2025.
The clock says 14:29 faster, but the races themselves got 1:58 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Malaga 2025 → Cardiff 2025: 10:03 on the field in 70 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
6 races · 6 events
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:44586/900Beat 35%
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Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:361028/1500Beat 32%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:19866/1600Beat 46%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 2:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:36 faster for everyone, so 2:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete5:04 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:23473/639Beat 26%
↑ 70 days after Malaga 2025 10:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:25 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:38 slower for everyone: 10:03 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete9:25 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:48459/534Beat 14%
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BudapestDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:23:51 PB232/514Beat 55%