Progress against the field
From Sydney 2024 to Sydney 2026, Matthew Penny got 2:50 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:21 quicker, so 10:11 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Sydney 2024 → Brisbane 2025: 2:09 on the field in 217 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
5 races · 5 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:05 PB209/556Beat 62%
↑ 362 days after Sydney 2025 0:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:48 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:31 faster for everyone, so 0:43 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete2:48 faster -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:47 PB123/282Beat 56%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Men1:13:5399/333Beat 70%
↑ 125 days after Brisbane 2025 1:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:24 better than the field: 2:07 faster on the clock, against 0:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:43 faster This athlete2:07 faster -
Brisbane1 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:16:00110/265Beat 59%
↑ 217 days after Sydney 2024 2:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:09 better than the field: 5:16 faster on the clock, against 3:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:07 faster This athlete5:16 faster -
Sydney27 Jul 2024Individual Pro · Men1:21:1672/129Beat 44%