Progress against the field
From Sydney 2025 to Sydney 2026, Daniel Matzen got 2:10 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:59 quicker, so 5:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 279 days between Sydney 2025 and Brisbane 2026, still ended 3:35 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
4 races · 4 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:34 PB246/1122Beat 78%
↑ 83 days after Brisbane 2026 1:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:05 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:30 faster for everyone, so 1:25 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete2:05 faster -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:3967/237Beat 72%
↑ 279 days after Sydney 2025 3:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:31 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:04 faster: 3:35 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 slower This athlete3:04 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:43670/1587Beat 58%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:19:02258/752Beat 66%