Progress against the field
Matthew Burton has gained 5:16 on the field from Cardiff 2025 to London Olympia 2026.
The clock says 13:39 faster, but the races themselves got 8:23 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Rome 2025 → London Excel 2025: 8:59 on the field in 69 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:57582/1035Beat 44%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Damian Waite 0:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:38 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:36 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair1:38 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:4477/312Beat 75%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Jacob Hall 1:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:06 better than the field: 2:42 faster on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair2:42 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:27 PB84/490Beat 83%
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Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:34172/882Beat 81%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:35162/271Beat 40%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:26127/430Beat 71%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:39253/716Beat 65%
↑ 13 days after Glasgow 2026 8:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:14 faster for everyone, so 8:50 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This athlete11:04 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:43917/1452Beat 37%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 10:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:25 faster for everyone: 10:44 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete8:19 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:24223/529Beat 58%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 6:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:51 behind the field: 7:58 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete7:58 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:29563/2102Beat 73%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:26 PB672/2779Beat 76%
↑ 69 days after Rome 2025 8:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:59 better than the field: 11:56 faster on the clock, against 2:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:57 faster This athlete11:56 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:22809/1367Beat 41%
↑ 119 days after Cardiff 2025 5:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:02 better than the field: 6:56 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete6:56 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:181052/1401Beat 25%
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Poznan2 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:15:59169/265Beat 36%