Progress against the field
From London 2024 to London Excel 2025, Frank O’Donnell got 5:18 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:04 quicker, so 10:22 faster 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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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:03 PB2078/2779Beat 25%
↑ 370 days after London 2024 5:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:18 better than the field: 10:22 faster on the clock, against 5:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:04 faster This athlete10:22 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:38 PB226/777Beat 71%
↑ 236 days after Malaga 2025, with Jonathan O Halloran 1:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 better than the field: 3:55 faster on the clock, against 2:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:46 faster This pair3:55 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:33353/704Beat 50%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:43:25610/688Beat 11%