Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 5:27 on Matt Hall.
Over the same races everyone got 7:03 quicker, so 1:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → London Excel 2025: 3:45 in 43 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
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:37354/1442Beat 76%
↑ 38 days after Rome 2026 9:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:47 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:12 faster for everyone: 9:59 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 faster This athlete6:47 slower -
Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:50 PB86/1062Beat 92%
↑ 160 days after Malaga 2026 2:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:29 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:03 faster: 2:32 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 slower This athlete1:03 faster -
Perth21 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Men1:06:20 PB32/261Beat 88%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:53184/1036Beat 82%
↑ 133 days after London Excel 2025 1:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:18 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:45 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:18 faster This athlete0:33 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:511268/1815Beat 30%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:26391/2779Beat 86%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 3:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:45 better than the field: 6:47 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete6:47 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:13472/1821Beat 74%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Relay · Mixed1:23:0113/22Beat 41%