Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Glasgow 2026, Michael McDonagh lost 5:44 to the field.
The clock says 0:34 slower, but the races themselves got 5:10 quicker for everyone.
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
3 races · 3 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:05407/613Beat 34%
↑ 502 days after Birmingham 2024 5:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:10 faster for everyone: 5:44 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:10 faster This athlete0:34 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:29:09 PB671/889Beat 25%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:31 PB1315/1916Beat 31%