Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Sean Mather pulled 3:01 ahead of the field.
The clock says 18:00 faster, but the races themselves got 14:59 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cardiff 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 4:35 on the field in 145 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
13 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:59468/1035Beat 55%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Josh Malone 1:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:06 behind the field: 0:14 slower on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair0:14 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:04200/677Beat 71%
↑ 170 days after Barcelona 2026 0:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 better than the field: 1:32 faster on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete1:32 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:36179/643Beat 72%
↑ 62 days after Copenhagen 2026 5:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:08 behind the field: 2:50 slower on the clock, against 2:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:18 faster This athlete2:50 slower -
Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Relay · Mixed1:02:215/51Beat 90%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:46 PB130/900Beat 86%
↑ 142 days after Birmingham 2025 0:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 better than the field: 3:50 faster on the clock, against 2:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:58 faster This athlete3:50 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:29 PB153/794Beat 81%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:45834/2102Beat 60%
↑ 202 days after Berlin 2025, with Josh Malone 2:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:36 better than the field: 3:31 faster on the clock, against 0:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 faster This pair3:31 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:06:11 PB148/312Beat 53%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:36550/1821Beat 70%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 4:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:11 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:36 faster for everyone, so 4:35 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete7:11 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:47815/1401Beat 42%
↑ 126 days after Manchester 2025 0:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:59 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:45 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This athlete1:14 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:16306/496Beat 38%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:01705/1191Beat 41%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2024 3:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:11 better than the field: 7:03 faster on the clock, against 3:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete7:03 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:33:041334/1916Beat 30%