Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2026 and Rome 2026, Mattie Thomas pulled 5:58 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:11 quicker, so 8:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Cardiff 2026 → Rome 2026: 8:16 in 147 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
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:42 PB525/1159Beat 55%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:05 PB51/581Beat 91%
↑ 147 days after Cardiff 2026 8:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:58 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:18 slower for everyone: 8:16 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This athlete6:58 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:03203/913Beat 78%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 2:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 2:18 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete1:11 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:07:59 PB285/484Beat 41%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Cameron Ralph 1:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 better than the field: 1:34 faster on the clock, against 0:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This pair1:34 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:14406/1463Beat 72%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:09:33163/263Beat 38%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:43:32826/889Beat 7%