Progress against the field
Between Berlin 2025 and Manchester 2026, John Rainey lost 1:23 to the field.
The clock says 5:05 slower, but the races themselves got 3:42 slower 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 Open · Men1:08:45214/605Beat 65%
↑ 353 days after Dublin 2025, with Craig O’hara 3:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 behind the field: 3:07 slower on the clock, against 0:03 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:03 slower This pair3:07 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Men1:02:2720/58Beat 66%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:07729/1463Beat 50%
↑ 250 days after Berlin 2025 1:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:42 slower for everyone: 1:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:42 slower This athlete5:05 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:38 PB160/777Beat 79%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:02 PB380/748Beat 49%