Progress against the field
From London 2025 to Glasgow 2026, Michael Cleary-Gaffney got 0:24 faster than the field.
The clock says 1:13 faster, but the races themselves got 0:49 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 208 days between London 2025 and Madrid 2025, still ended 3:50 ahead of 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:13631/1452Beat 57%
↑ 104 days after Madrid 2025 3:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:26 behind the field: 0:47 slower on the clock, against 2:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete0:47 slower -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:26 PB548/1361Beat 60%
↑ 208 days after London 2025 3:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:50 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:00 faster: 3:50 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:50 slower This athlete2:00 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:26969/1917Beat 50%