Progress against the field
Between Barcelona 2025 and Amsterdam 2026, David Mccabe kept pace with the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:54 quicker, so 4:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Barcelona 2025 → Valencia 2025: 2:02 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
6 races · 6 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:06 PB247/1062Beat 77%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:49224/608Beat 63%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:31 behind the field: 1:17 slower on the clock, against 0:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This athlete1:17 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:321070/2779Beat 62%
↑ 48 days after Valencia 2025 0:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:10 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:29 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This athlete2:41 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:52 PB252/667Beat 62%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:13491/1018Beat 52%
↑ 175 days after Barcelona 2025 2:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:02 better than the field: 3:32 faster on the clock, against 1:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:30 faster This athlete3:32 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:45626/1106Beat 43%