Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and Barcelona 2026, Matthew Howard kept pace with the field.
The clock says 9:06 faster, but the races themselves got 9:05 quicker for everyone.
315 days between Glasgow 2025 and Manchester 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:36 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:57 PB236/549Beat 57%
↑ 15 days after Cardiff 2026 1:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:32 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:00 faster for everyone, so 1:28 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete0:32 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:29231/528Beat 56%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 0:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:48 faster for everyone, so 0:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete3:18 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:47309/595Beat 48%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 3:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:37 behind the field: 1:12 slower on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete1:12 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:35254/529Beat 52%
↑ 315 days after Glasgow 2025 4:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:36 better than the field: 6:28 faster on the clock, against 1:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 faster This athlete6:28 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:031075/1588Beat 32%