Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2024 and London Olympia 2026, Matthew Lelii lost 3:45 to the field.
The clock says 6:11 faster, but the races themselves got 9:56 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 298 days between Cardiff 2025 and London Olympia 2026, cost 2:10 on 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 Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:28:42415/533Beat 22%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 8:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:38 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:15 slower for everyone: 8:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 slower This athlete8:38 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:44 PB217/897Beat 76%
↑ 298 days after Cardiff 2025 2:10 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 5:08 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:10 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:08 faster This athlete2:58 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:20:04 PB307/467Beat 34%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:54 PB319/1177Beat 73%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:42247/639Beat 61%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 1:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:43 behind the field: 2:43 slower on the clock, against 1:00 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:00 slower This athlete2:43 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:59618/1917Beat 68%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 2:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, so 2:04 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete3:25 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:24532/1637Beat 68%
↑ 20 days after Manchester 2024 2:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:19 faster for everyone, so 2:12 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:19 faster This athlete2:31 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:55658/1206Beat 45%