Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2024 and Utrecht 2025, Matthew Furber pulled 10:12 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:46 quicker, so 18:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
237 days between Belgium 2025 and Utrecht 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:52 better than 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 12 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:2698/399Beat 75%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 5:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:24 slower for everyone: 5:54 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 slower This athlete4:30 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:56161/454Beat 65%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Relay · Mixed1:16:2736/86Beat 58%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:14 PB107/493Beat 78%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:5196/365Beat 74%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men57:49 PB10/342Beat 97%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:49124/243Beat 49%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 9:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:05 slower for everyone: 9:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 slower This athlete10:17 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:06:32 PB101/467Beat 78%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Relay · Men59:2114/38Beat 63%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:43 PB12/575Beat 98%
↑ 237 days after Belgium 2025 2:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:23 faster for everyone, so 2:52 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:23 faster This athlete3:15 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:58142/1638Beat 91%
↑ 177 days after Amsterdam 2024 1:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:36 faster for everyone, so 1:57 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete3:33 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:12:0917/196Beat 91%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:3179/659Beat 88%
↑ 187 days after Rotterdam 2024 5:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:23 better than the field: 12:10 faster on the clock, against 6:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:47 faster This athlete12:10 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:41405/1380Beat 71%