Progress against the field
Matthew Oboyle has dropped 7:23 behind the field from Barcelona 2025 to Barcelona 2026.
The clock says 1:13 faster, but the races themselves got 8:36 quicker for everyone.
204 days between Birmingham 2025 and Barcelona 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:02 behind 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
3 races · 3 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:14677/1158Beat 42%
↑ 204 days after Birmingham 2025 7:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:02 behind the field: 1:34 slower on the clock, against 5:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:28 faster This athlete1:34 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:40 PB700/1600Beat 56%
↑ 180 days after Barcelona 2025 0:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:47 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:08 faster for everyone, so 0:21 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete2:47 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:27448/795Beat 44%