Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2022 and Cardiff 2026, Matthew Lewis lost 19:33 to the field.
The clock says 3:54 slower, but the races themselves got 15:39 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 885 days between London 2023 and Cardiff 2026, still ended 2:21 ahead of 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
10 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:03 PB381/693Beat 45%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 5:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:37 faster for everyone, so 5:17 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:37 faster This athlete5:54 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Relay · Men1:15:1739/53Beat 26%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:35 PB141/566Beat 75%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Lloyd Davies 1:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:26 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:18 faster for everyone, so 1:08 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This pair1:26 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:07184/528Beat 65%
↑ 885 days after London 2023 2:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:21 better than the field: 9:47 faster on the clock, against 7:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:26 faster This athlete9:47 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:23:57309/445Beat 31%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:01866/2102Beat 59%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Men1:13:2882/120Beat 32%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:45 PB409/789Beat 48%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:27:541054/1865Beat 44%
↑ 666 days after Manchester 2022 21:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:41 slower on the clock in a race that was 8:13 faster for everyone: 21:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:13 faster This athlete13:41 slower -
Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Open · Men1:14:13 PB63/476Beat 87%