Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Matthew Taylor got 3:38 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:23 quicker, so 11:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 283 days between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 1:20 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.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:20 PB191/646Beat 70%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 1:20 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:44 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:20 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete2:24 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:13198/391Beat 49%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:06 PB250/460Beat 46%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:44560/1463Beat 62%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 2:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 2:20 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete1:17 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:06 PB303/2102Beat 86%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:27541/1821Beat 70%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 7:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:18 better than the field: 9:54 faster on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete9:54 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:21898/1401Beat 36%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:53307/616Beat 50%