Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Stockholm 2025, Ryan Mulholland got 9:21 faster than the field.
The clock says 17:20 faster, but the races themselves got 7:59 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Oslo 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 15:26 on the field in 26 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
7 races · 7 events
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Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:41255/490Beat 48%
↑ 36 days after Dublin 2025 0:16 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:04 slower on the clock, but the race was 0:20 slower for everyone, so this was 0:16 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete0:04 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:37544/898Beat 39%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 3:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:40 behind the field: 0:51 slower on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete0:51 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:46 PB249/523Beat 52%
↑ 26 days after Oslo 2025 15:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:12 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:46 faster for everyone, so 15:26 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete16:12 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:58758/935Beat 19%
↑ 146 days after London 2025 15:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:39 behind the field: 15:44 slower on the clock, against 0:05 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 slower This athlete15:44 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:141123/1917Beat 41%
↑ 8 days after Barcelona 2025 0:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:31 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:52 faster for everyone, so 0:21 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete2:31 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:45713/1106Beat 36%
↑ 147 days after London 2024 13:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:19 better than the field: 15:16 faster on the clock, against 1:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete15:16 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:43:011364/1637Beat 17%