The scoreboard says you lost. Your splits say you got faster. Both are true. Pick which one you study.

Two true measurements can point in opposite directions, because one records the outcome against other people and the other records you against yourself. Only one of them tells you what to do on Monday. Outcomes are the thing everybody discusses and the thing you have least access to. Your own numbers are duller and far more useful.

Write down your own measurements after the next thing that goes badly, before anybody tells you the result. Splits, reps, pages, sales, whatever applies. Then study those, and let the result stand as a fact rather than a subject.