Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Berlin 2026, Patrick Mather lost 2:12 to the field.
The clock says 8:50 faster, but the races themselves got 11:02 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Dublin 2024 → Manchester 2025: 2:15 in 70 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
16 races · 13 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:31168/1159Beat 86%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:11 PB256/693Beat 63%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:3248/993Beat 95%
↑ 121 days after Manchester 2026 0:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:15 faster for everyone: 0:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete0:13 slower -
Helsinki9 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed57:26 PB18/718Beat 98%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Relay · Mixed56:472/71Beat 97%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:19 PB119/1463Beat 92%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 0:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:18 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:45 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed58:4217/1474Beat 99%
↑ 267 days after Glasgow 2025, with Lucy Jones 0:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 better than the field: 2:59 faster on the clock, against 2:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This pair2:59 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:04178/1821Beat 90%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 0:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:42 faster on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete2:42 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:4679/639Beat 88%
↑ 126 days after Manchester 2025 2:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:52 behind the field: 0:53 slower on the clock, against 1:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This athlete0:53 slower -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:28641/774Beat 17%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:01:4122/841Beat 97%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:53198/1191Beat 83%
↑ 70 days after Dublin 2024 2:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:40 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:25 faster for everyone, so 2:15 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:25 faster This athlete3:40 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:33238/1221Beat 81%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2024 0:55 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:44 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:55 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete2:49 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:30 PB136/719Beat 81%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:35141/894Beat 84%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:22201/816Beat 75%