Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2023 and Dublin 2024, Blane O’Donnell pulled 6:53 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 13:04 quicker, so 19:57 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
252 days between Glasgow 2024 and Paris 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:39 better than 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
10 races · 10 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:10:3251/69Beat 26%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025, with Mark Nicell 6:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:04 slower for everyone: 6:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:04 slower This pair6:11 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:04:21 PB109/263Beat 59%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025, with Mark Nicell 1:10 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:40 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:10 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:40 faster This pair0:30 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:24:43 PB91/115Beat 21%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:32:23242/276Beat 12%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:04:5149/93Beat 47%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025, with Mark Nicell 1:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:18 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:24 slower for everyone: 1:42 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 slower This pair1:18 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:06:0937/66Beat 44%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:35 PB617/1221Beat 50%
↑ 6 days after Paris 2024 0:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:26 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:30 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 faster This athlete2:26 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:01792/1585Beat 50%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2024 5:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:40 faster for everyone, so 5:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete8:19 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:201215/1784Beat 32%
↑ 126 days after Dublin 2023 1:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:12 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:54 faster for everyone, so 1:18 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:54 faster This athlete9:12 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:43:32577/777Beat 26%