Progress against the field
From Manchester 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Rob Newton and Matthew Garside got 8:08 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:31 quicker, so 13:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
362 days between Manchester 2025 and Manchester 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:58 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 Doubles Open · Men, with Matthew Garside, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men59:43 PB50/605Beat 92%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Matthew Garside 0:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:48 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:50 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This pair2:58 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:56 PB612/1013Beat 40%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:0724/271Beat 91%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Matt Garside 0:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:18 faster for everyone: 0:55 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This pair0:37 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:41128/794Beat 84%
↑ 362 days after Manchester 2025, with Matthew Garside 8:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:58 better than the field: 10:41 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This pair10:41 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:30188/1815Beat 90%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:21:49934/1177Beat 21%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:22349/616Beat 43%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:16 PB345/1206Beat 71%