Progress against the field
From Madrid 2024 to Berlin 2025, Declan O Brien got 11:45 faster than the field.
The clock says 22:00 faster, but the races themselves got 10:15 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Madrid 2024 → Dublin 2024: 12:14 in 20 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
6 races · 6 events
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:44:43 PB192/199Beat 4%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:25 PB1399/1851Beat 24%
↑ 182 days after Dublin 2024 0:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:11 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:40 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:29 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:40 faster This athlete4:11 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:33:36924/1221Beat 24%
↑ 20 days after Madrid 2024 12:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, so 12:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete17:49 faster -
Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:51:25982/1066Beat 8%
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Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:04501/686Beat 27%
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Turin3 Feb 2024Individual Open · MenDNF—