Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2024 and Sydney 2026, Mathew Christensen lost 6:11 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:49 quicker, so 2:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
342 days between Sydney 2024 and Sydney 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:00 behind the field.
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
7 races · 6 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Relay · Men58:1012/126Beat 91%
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:58 PB33/623Beat 95%
↑ 299 days after Perth 2025 3:34 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:04 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:38 faster for everyone, so 3:34 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:38 faster This athlete2:04 faster -
Auckland29 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:05:50 PB30/105Beat 71%
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Perth5 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:0219/307Beat 94%
↑ 63 days after Sydney 2025 0:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:26 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:11 faster for everyone: 0:37 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 faster This athlete0:26 slower -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:36194/1587Beat 88%
↑ 342 days after Sydney 2024 2:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:00 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:00 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete1:00 faster -
Sydney27 Jul 2024Individual Open · Men1:09:3662/696Beat 91%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:14:11169/1145Beat 85%