Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Rome 2026, Matt Monaghan lost 9:57 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:44 quicker, so 3:13 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Manchester 2026 → Malaga 2026: 5:32 in 85 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. 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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:57179/600Beat 70%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026, with Steven Parker 3:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:39 faster for everyone: 3:01 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This pair0:22 slower -
Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:19334/535Beat 38%
↑ 147 days after Cardiff 2026 11:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:17 behind the field: 12:35 slower on the clock, against 1:18 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This athlete12:35 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:44 PB140/466Beat 70%
↑ 13 days after Malaga 2026 0:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:57 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:21 faster for everyone, so 0:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:21 faster This athlete0:57 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:41203/561Beat 64%
↑ 85 days after Manchester 2026 5:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:32 better than the field: 11:33 faster on the clock, against 6:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:01 faster This athlete11:33 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:35 PB91/391Beat 77%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:14935/1463Beat 36%
↑ 55 days after Madrid 2025 5:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:26 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:54 faster for everyone: 5:20 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:54 faster This athlete4:26 slower -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:48634/1312Beat 52%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025 1:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:14 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:18 faster: 1:32 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete1:18 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:06963/1821Beat 47%