Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Malaga 2025, Cahir O’Leary got 6:02 faster than the field.
The clock says 11:21 faster, but the races themselves got 5:19 quicker for everyone.
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
6 races · 6 events
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:4038/230Beat 84%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:28167/1177Beat 86%
↑ 341 days after Dublin 2024, with Alan O Connell 1:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:23 faster for everyone: 1:36 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This pair0:13 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:51 PB398/966Beat 59%
↑ 147 days after Birmingham 2024 6:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:02 better than the field: 11:21 faster on the clock, against 5:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:19 faster This athlete11:21 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:02:15 PB100/638Beat 84%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:29:121150/1916Beat 40%