Progress against the field
Donagh Prendergast has dropped 2:44 behind the field from Barcelona 2025 to Manchester 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 4:51 quicker, so 2:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Barcelona 2025 → Valencia 2025: 4:34 in 175 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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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:20235/529Beat 56%
↑ 70 days after Dublin 2025 2:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:38 behind the field: 3:43 slower on the clock, against 1:05 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 slower This athlete3:43 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:37186/468Beat 60%
↑ 26 days after Valencia 2025 4:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:26 faster for everyone: 4:40 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:26 faster This athlete0:14 slower -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:23 PB394/1018Beat 61%
↑ 175 days after Barcelona 2025 4:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:34 better than the field: 6:04 faster on the clock, against 1:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:30 faster This athlete6:04 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:27615/1106Beat 44%