Progress against the field
Between Barcelona 2025 and Katowice 2026, Paul Ryan pulled 2:38 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:38 quicker, so 8:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Dublin 2025 → Katowice 2026: 3:03 on the field in 101 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
4 races · 4 events
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Katowice21 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:20 PB38/859Beat 96%
↑ 101 days after Dublin 2025 3:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:03 better than the field: 5:05 faster on the clock, against 2:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:02 faster This athlete5:05 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:25166/955Beat 83%
↑ 201 days after Barcelona 2025 0:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:36 faster for everyone, so 0:25 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete3:11 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:36153/795Beat 81%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:04 PB204/704Beat 71%