Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Joel Matthews pulled 4:37 ahead of the field.
The clock says 10:53 faster, but the races themselves got 6:16 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2025 → Manchester 2026: 10:13 on the field in 91 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
4 races · 4 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:2072/365Beat 80%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 2:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:07 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:48 faster for everyone, so 2:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete0:07 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:27102/613Beat 83%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 2:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:25 faster for everyone: 2:55 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete0:30 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:57 PB92/551Beat 83%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 10:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:13 better than the field: 11:16 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete11:16 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:13837/1821Beat 54%