Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2022 and Manchester 2024, Matthew Clair lost 4:43 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:51 quicker, so 7:08 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
622 days between Glasgow 2023 and Birmingham 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:40 behind 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 · 8 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:24:58 PB95/121Beat 22%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:2149/1422Beat 97%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:03:53 PB59/1206Beat 95%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 4:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:31 better than the field: 8:45 faster on the clock, against 4:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete8:45 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:38264/1916Beat 86%
↑ 622 days after Glasgow 2023 8:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:40 behind the field: 6:43 slower on the clock, against 1:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete6:43 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men58:10 PB39/1003Beat 96%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:05:5553/974Beat 95%
↑ 119 days after Birmingham 2022 0:34 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:06 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:40 faster for everyone, so 0:34 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:40 faster This athlete5:06 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Doubles Open · Men1:02:5815/229Beat 93%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:11:0179/960Beat 92%