Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2022 and Glasgow 2023, Paul Donald lost 2:59 to the field.
The clock says 2:41 faster, but the races themselves got 5:40 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:11:01 PB362/476Beat 24%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026, with Harry Kolinsky 0:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 better than the field: 2:13 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This pair2:13 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:13:1453/66Beat 20%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:27 PB199/888Beat 78%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:15:23 PB258/974Beat 74%
↑ 119 days after Birmingham 2022 2:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:41 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:40 faster for everyone, so 2:59 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:40 faster This athlete2:41 faster -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:18:04235/960Beat 76%