Progress against the field
From Hamburg 2025 to Manchester 2026, the field gained 5:46 on Matt Owen.
The clock says 4:25 slower, but the races themselves got 1:21 quicker for everyone.
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
10 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:41664/1035Beat 36%
↑ 162 days after Berlin 2026, with Tom Webb 3:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:03 better than the field: 4:49 faster on the clock, against 1:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 faster This pair4:49 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:17 PB512/1159Beat 56%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Faye Williams 0:33 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:47 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:33 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:47 faster This pair2:14 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:19:30495/699Beat 29%
↑ 169 days after London Excel 2025, with Tom Webb 2:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 behind the field: 1:56 slower on the clock, against 0:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 faster This pair1:56 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:31120/297Beat 60%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:45609/1463Beat 58%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 1:27 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete0:20 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:17:341304/1815Beat 28%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:051206/2779Beat 57%
↑ 63 days after Hamburg 2025 7:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:28 faster for everyone: 7:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This athlete4:45 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:46 PB211/1099Beat 81%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:20 PB266/1486Beat 82%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:24:18655/781Beat 16%