Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and London Excel 2025, Matthew Symons pulled 3:47 ahead of the field.
The clock says 9:01 faster, but the races themselves got 5:14 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Glasgow 2025 → London 2025: 4:27 in 52 days.
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 · 6 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:06:20 PB248/794Beat 69%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:38:07 PB123/130Beat 5%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:21 PB880/2779Beat 68%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 1:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:47 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 1:15 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete1:47 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:15500/1177Beat 58%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:08585/1821Beat 68%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 0:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:05 faster for everyone, so 0:35 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete0:40 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:16:56 PB54/63Beat 14%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:48773/1917Beat 60%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025 4:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:07 faster for everyone, so 4:27 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete6:34 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:22890/1588Beat 44%