Progress against the field
Between Tenerife 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Laura Shepherd lost 6:55 to the field.
The clock says 3:16 faster, but the races themselves got 10:11 quicker for everyone.
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 Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:22:15 PB110/545Beat 80%
↑ 57 days after Tenerife 2026 6:55 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:16 faster on the clock, yet the race was 10:11 faster for everyone, so 6:55 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →10:11 faster This athlete3:16 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Women1:25:3133/146Beat 77%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:25:47114/400Beat 72%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women1:07:22 PB16/1618Beat 99%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025, with Charlotte Merson 1:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:03 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:02 faster: 1:05 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:03 slower This pair1:02 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Women1:08:2436/904Beat 96%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:55157/267Beat 41%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:40 PB268/795Beat 66%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:23:0875/285Beat 74%