Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and Oslo 2025, Michael Whelehan lost 4:55 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:33 quicker, so 2:22 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Dublin 2024 → Belgium 2025: 2:55 in 141 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
10 races · 10 events
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:17641/935Beat 31%
↑ 174 days after Belgium 2025 7:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:15 slower for everyone: 7:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 slower This athlete8:05 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:12 PB781/1638Beat 52%
↑ 141 days after Dublin 2024 2:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:55 better than the field: 5:43 faster on the clock, against 2:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete5:43 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:55355/545Beat 35%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:13:45 PB315/700Beat 55%
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Madrid26 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:18:02465/706Beat 34%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:17:12482/855Beat 44%
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Gdansk26 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:28:44118/133Beat 11%
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Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:20:18223/291Beat 23%
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Dublin28 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Men1:28:06312/350Beat 11%
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St. GallenDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:16:50214/385Beat 44%