Progress against the field
Between Brisbane 2025 and Sydney 2026, Matt Coombe pulled 18:41 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:39 quicker, so 24:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 334 days between Brisbane 2025 and Auckland 2026, still ended 25:36 ahead of 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
5 races · 5 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:47470/623Beat 25%
↑ 153 days after Auckland 2026 6:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:55 behind the field: 0:59 slower on the clock, against 5:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:56 faster This athlete0:59 slower -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:09 PB580/836Beat 31%
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Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:48 PB514/763Beat 33%
↑ 334 days after Brisbane 2025 25:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:17 slower for everyone and the clock still says 25:19 faster: 25:36 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:17 slower This athlete25:19 faster -
Brisbane1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men2:03:071332/1368Beat 3%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:47:341852/2118Beat 13%