Progress against the field
Between Melbourne 2023 and Sydney 2025, Michael Kavanagh lost 2:39 to the field.
The clock says 0:58 faster, but the races themselves got 3:37 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.
Every race
2 races · 2 events
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:09 PB466/1587Beat 71%
↑ 678 days after Melbourne 2023 2:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:37 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:39 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:37 faster This athlete0:58 faster -
Melbourne26 Aug 2023Individual Open · Men1:16:0798/538Beat 82%