Progress against the field
Barry Strain has dropped 0:51 behind the field from Glasgow 2024 to Glasgow 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 8:27 quicker, so 7:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 364 days between Glasgow 2025 and Glasgow 2026, cost 8:27 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
7 races · 7 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:19601/1452Beat 59%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025 8:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:27 behind the field: 6:51 slower on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete6:51 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men58:49 PB36/667Beat 95%
↑ 362 days after Dublin 2024, with Eddie Smith 0:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:24 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This pair2:27 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:28 PB382/1445Beat 74%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 0:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:11 better than the field: 3:25 faster on the clock, against 3:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete3:25 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:53428/1191Beat 64%
↑ 76 days after Paris 2024 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:57 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 faster This athlete1:05 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:01:1681/638Beat 87%
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Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:58419/1585Beat 74%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2024 7:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:17 better than the field: 9:57 faster on the clock, against 2:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete9:57 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:55973/1784Beat 46%