Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, John Mcilravey lost 16:39 to the field.
The clock says 5:11 slower, but the races themselves got 11:28 quicker for everyone.
331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:03 behind the field.
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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:33600/677Beat 11%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 6:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:03 behind the field: 4:40 slower on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete4:40 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:532394/2779Beat 14%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 1:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:11 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete1:51 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:44441/523Beat 16%
↑ 271 days after Manchester 2025 10:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:41 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:11 faster for everyone: 10:52 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete7:41 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:03 PB946/1191Beat 21%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2024 1:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 better than the field: 5:19 faster on the clock, against 3:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete5:19 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:41:22680/816Beat 17%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:54:4966/88Beat 25%