Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2023 and Berlin 2025, Matt Chaplin pulled 20:13 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 12:22 quicker, so 32:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
Ahead of the field in 3 of 4 comparisons.
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 · 9 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:04:16 PB98/202Beat 52%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:52 PB143/206Beat 31%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 1:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:37 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:24 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This athlete0:13 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:20:0595/141Beat 33%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:26 PB180/344Beat 48%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:56 PB226/1851Beat 88%
↑ 65 days after Glasgow 2025 0:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:33 faster for everyone, so 0:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:33 faster This athlete3:19 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:15284/1445Beat 80%
↑ 95 days after Stockholm 2024 1:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:47 behind the field: 0:13 slower on the clock, against 1:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 faster This athlete0:13 slower -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:0273/447Beat 84%
↑ 231 days after Berlin 2024 5:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 faster on the clock in a race that was 4:55 slower for everyone: 5:41 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:55 slower This athlete0:46 faster -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:48238/953Beat 75%
↑ 182 days after Birmingham 2023 15:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:33 better than the field: 28:43 faster on the clock, against 13:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →13:10 faster This athlete28:43 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:11:00 PB334/787Beat 58%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:40:31885/1182Beat 25%