Progress against the field
Brian Harding has dropped 8:27 behind the field from Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 8:36 quicker, so 0:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2024 → Katowice 2025: 4:41 on the field in 120 days.
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
19 races · 11 events
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Izmir19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:0215/56Beat 73%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:00:3063/202Beat 69%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Relay · Men52:585/32Beat 84%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:56 PB31/88Beat 65%
↑ 166 days after Cardiff 2025 0:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 better than the field: 1:52 faster on the clock, against 1:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 faster This athlete1:52 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men56:45 PB13/1177Beat 99%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:05377/1821Beat 79%
↑ 26 days after Rome 2025 6:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:07 behind the field: 5:25 slower on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete5:25 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men58:24 PB14/102Beat 86%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men59:2346/775Beat 94%
↑ 198 days after Glasgow 2025, with Eoin O Flynn 0:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:12 behind the field: 0:36 slower on the clock, against 0:24 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 slower This pair0:36 slower -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:40162/1367Beat 88%
↑ 119 days after Cardiff 2025 4:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:26 behind the field: 2:32 slower on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete2:32 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men58:2245/563Beat 92%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:10:4868/225Beat 70%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:0827/639Beat 96%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 2:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 behind the field: 1:37 slower on the clock, against 0:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete1:37 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Relay · Mixed1:01:037/35Beat 80%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:4166/704Beat 91%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men58:4754/1105Beat 95%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:31 PB70/1445Beat 95%
↑ 18 days after Katowice 2025 0:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:40 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:08 faster for everyone, so 0:28 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete1:40 faster -
Katowice22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:1154/757Beat 93%
↑ 120 days after Birmingham 2024 4:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:41 better than the field: 8:03 faster on the clock, against 3:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This athlete8:03 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:01:4990/638Beat 86%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:14336/1916Beat 83%