Progress against the field
Between Rome 2025 and Malaga 2026, Matt Oliver lost 4:45 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:44 quicker, so 1:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
15 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Mixed59:076/72Beat 92%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:05:50 PB126/693Beat 82%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:05 PB97/842Beat 89%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:188/474Beat 98%
↑ 23 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 3:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:17 faster for everyone: 3:35 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This athlete2:18 slower -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:56141/359Beat 61%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025, with Claire Oliver 1:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:22 behind the field: 0:42 slower on the clock, against 0:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:40 faster This pair0:42 slower -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men59:00 PB90/958Beat 91%
↑ 13 days after Glasgow 2026 0:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 better than the field: 2:41 faster on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete2:41 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:4110/613Beat 98%
↑ 104 days after Madrid 2025 1:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:39 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:26 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete1:13 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:5420/1312Beat 99%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025 1:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:14 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:34 faster: 1:48 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete1:34 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:14104/889Beat 88%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025, with Claire Oliver 0:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:26 faster for everyone, so 0:13 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 faster This pair1:39 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:2823/523Beat 96%
↑ 26 days after Rome 2025 1:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:42 faster for everyone: 1:53 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete1:11 slower -
Rome26 Sep 2025Relay · Mixed1:12:2516/33Beat 52%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:1747/1367Beat 97%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:53111/861Beat 87%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:20230/861Beat 73%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:13241/1480Beat 84%