Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Hamburg 2026, Michael Flynn got 1:30 faster than the field.
The races themselves barely changed, so 1:26 faster on the clock is the real picture.
335 days between Madrid 2025 and Hamburg 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:00 better than 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 8 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men57:08 PB1/1103Beat 100%
↑ 335 days after Madrid 2025 7:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:10 faster for everyone, so 7:00 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:10 faster This athlete7:10 faster -
Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:57 PB53/653Beat 92%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:1839/1361Beat 97%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025 5:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:44 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:14 slower for everyone: 5:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete5:44 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men58:349/1821Beat 100%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:04:3816/137Beat 88%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 0:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:53 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This athlete0:50 faster -
Geneva11 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:00:2612/1386Beat 99%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:48679/1401Beat 52%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 21:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:39 behind the field: 22:39 slower on the clock, against 1:00 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:00 slower This athlete22:39 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:2824/225Beat 89%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men59:098/1917Beat 100%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025 3:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:47 better than the field: 5:54 faster on the clock, against 2:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete5:54 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:54 PB290/947Beat 69%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:0380/1445Beat 95%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:05:50198/522Beat 62%