Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Vishal Shah lost 3:49 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:15 quicker, so 3:26 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Cardiff 2026 → Tenerife 2026: 3:56 in 128 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
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:02 PB688/1442Beat 52%
↑ 57 days after Tenerife 2026 6:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 8:27 faster for everyone, which leaves this 6:13 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:27 faster This athlete2:14 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:16331/673Beat 51%
↑ 128 days after Cardiff 2026 3:56 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:26 slower on the clock, but the race was 4:22 slower for everyone, so this was 3:56 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:22 slower This athlete0:26 slower -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:51:43 PB288/314Beat 8%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:50498/913Beat 46%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 1:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 behind the field: 0:25 slower on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete0:25 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:25322/642Beat 50%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 0:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:03 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete2:03 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:281756/2779Beat 37%