Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and Berlin 2026, Michael Matthews pulled 4:38 ahead of the field.
The clock says 7:45 faster, but the races themselves got 3:07 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 182 days between Dublin 2024 and Berlin 2025, still ended 6:53 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
7 races · 7 events
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:24 PB243/1053Beat 77%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:4783/1097Beat 92%
↑ 36 days after Warsaw 2026 1:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16 behind the field: 4:15 slower on the clock, against 2:59 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 slower This athlete4:15 slower -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:32 PB68/1792Beat 96%
↑ 23 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 2:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:27 faster for everyone, so 2:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:27 faster This athlete4:18 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:50370/958Beat 61%
↑ 132 days after Dublin 2025 0:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 0:56 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:40 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This athlete0:16 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:06113/898Beat 87%
↑ 180 days after Berlin 2025 3:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 behind the field: 4:07 slower on the clock, against 0:57 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 slower This athlete4:07 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:59122/1851Beat 93%
↑ 182 days after Dublin 2024 6:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:40 faster for everyone, so 6:53 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:40 faster This athlete11:33 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:32122/545Beat 78%