Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and Cardiff 2025, Mark Fitzgerald lost 5:55 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:30 quicker, so 5:25 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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
4 races · 4 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:34153/297Beat 49%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with Adele Fitzgerald 0:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 behind the field: 1:53 slower on the clock, against 1:08 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:08 slower This pair1:53 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:41 PB697/1372Beat 49%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:31505/639Beat 21%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 5:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:55 behind the field: 5:25 slower on the clock, against 0:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete5:25 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:06 PB1077/1588Beat 32%