Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and Dublin 2025, Paul Hand pulled 8:20 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:16 quicker, so 17:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Dublin 2024 → Glasgow 2025: 9:51 in 117 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:17:06 PB177/202Beat 12%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:51 PB584/955Beat 39%
↑ 26 days after Valencia 2025 3:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:35 better than the field: 8:01 faster on the clock, against 4:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:26 faster This athlete8:01 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:52312/455Beat 31%
↑ 140 days after Cardiff 2025 4:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:40 behind the field: 3:26 slower on the clock, against 1:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:14 faster This athlete3:26 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:26452/639Beat 29%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 0:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:04 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:30 faster for everyone, so 0:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete0:04 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:301056/1445Beat 27%
↑ 117 days after Dublin 2024 9:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:06 faster for everyone, so 9:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete12:57 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:43:271093/1221Beat 11%