Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and Glasgow 2026, Paul Matthews and Rachael Matthews lost 4:20 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:07 quicker, so 2:47 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 224 days between Glasgow 2025 and Birmingham 2025, cost 3:00 on 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. The summary above covers Doubles Open · Mixed, with Rachael Matthews, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 6 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:0726/460Beat 94%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026, with Rachael Matthews 2:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:34 behind the field: 0:09 slower on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This pair0:09 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:3499/1452Beat 93%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 0:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:32 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:20 slower for everyone: 0:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete0:32 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:58 PB64/824Beat 92%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025, with Rachael Matthews 2:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 better than the field: 3:01 faster on the clock, against 1:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:01 faster This pair3:01 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:02 PB200/2779Beat 93%
↑ 267 days after Glasgow 2025 0:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:32 faster for everyone, so 0:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:32 faster This athlete4:30 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:59126/954Beat 87%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025, with Rachael Matthews 3:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 behind the field: 1:34 slower on the clock, against 1:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 faster This pair1:34 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:2548/861Beat 94%
↑ 117 days after Dublin 2024, with Rachael Matthews 0:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:15 faster for everyone, so 0:46 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:15 faster This pair1:29 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:32254/1445Beat 82%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:5448/492Beat 90%