Progress against the field
Matthew Penfold has dropped 11:22 behind the field from Sydney 2025 to Sydney 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:08 quicker, so 8:14 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:08836/1122Beat 26%
↑ 362 days after Sydney 2025 11:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:08 faster for everyone: 11:22 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete8:14 slower -
Perth5 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:15 PB316/443Beat 29%
↑ 188 days after Brisbane 2025, with Catherine Grummer 1:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 better than the field: 4:19 faster on the clock, against 2:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:34 faster This pair4:19 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:54 PB996/1587Beat 37%
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Brisbane1 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:34755/887Beat 15%
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Sydney27 Jul 2024Relay · Mixed1:17:3543/97Beat 56%