Progress against the field
From Manchester 2024 to Birmingham 2026, Matt Jones got 8:15 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:53 quicker, so 16:08 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
519 days between Cardiff 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 36:23 behind 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:54:221239/1442Beat 14%
↑ 519 days after Cardiff 2025 36:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
36:23 behind the field: 31:26 slower on the clock, against 4:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:57 faster This athlete31:26 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:27:48 PB464/566Beat 18%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:28:57 PB387/462Beat 16%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:56 PB735/1401Beat 48%
↑ 202 days after Manchester 2024 44:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
47:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:56 faster for everyone, so 44:38 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This athlete47:34 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men2:10:301188/1206Beat 2%