Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Matthew Williams got 16:16 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:47 quicker, so 21:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from London Excel 2025 → Cardiff 2026: 40:33 in 146 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.
Every race
17 races · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:18 PB225/560Beat 60%
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:31 PB132/382Beat 65%
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:18:03222/574Beat 61%
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Helsinki9 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:56611/718Beat 15%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:32:06391/430Beat 9%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:39 PB63/365Beat 83%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 40:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
42:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 40:33 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete42:18 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:39:42180/213Beat 16%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Mixed1:38:0494/119Beat 21%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:26:21683/794Beat 14%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Men1:14:5185/120Beat 29%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:52:572579/2771Beat 7%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 24:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:17 behind the field: 21:15 slower on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete21:15 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:551335/2779Beat 52%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:37:47862/954Beat 10%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:30558/889Beat 37%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:421223/1821Beat 33%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:23:57516/616Beat 16%
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London29 Nov 2024Relay · Men1:08:0110/23Beat 57%