Progress against the field
From London 2024 to London Olympia 2026, David Matta got 8:27 faster than the field.
The clock says 17:32 faster, but the races themselves got 9:05 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → London Olympia 2026: 7:14 on the field in 110 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 · Men1:04:10113/600Beat 81%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with James Warrick 2:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:01 behind the field: 0:25 slower on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair0:25 slower -
Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:1696/235Beat 59%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:45 PB93/478Beat 81%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:54 PB39/177Beat 78%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 7:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:14 better than the field: 9:08 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete9:08 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:07450/794Beat 43%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:021489/2779Beat 46%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 0:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:42 faster for everyone, so 0:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete2:33 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:351185/1917Beat 38%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 0:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 better than the field: 5:51 faster on the clock, against 5:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete5:51 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:26496/688Beat 28%