Progress against the field
Between Geneva 2025 and Geneva 2026, Matthew Nelson pulled 1:00 ahead of the field.
The clock says 6:18 faster, but the races themselves got 5:18 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 204 days between Toulouse 2026 and Geneva 2026, still ended 7:45 ahead of 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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Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:03348/1414Beat 75%
↑ 204 days after Toulouse 2026 7:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:45 better than the field: 9:05 faster on the clock, against 1:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:20 faster This athlete9:05 faster -
Toulouse19 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:081136/1849Beat 39%
↑ 159 days after Geneva 2025 6:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:45 behind the field: 2:47 slower on the clock, against 3:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:58 faster This athlete2:47 slower -
Geneva11 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:21701/1386Beat 49%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:16:51 PB622/2118Beat 71%
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MelbourneDate unknownDoubles Open · MenDNF—