Progress against the field
From Valencia 2025 to Berlin 2026, the field gained 3:50 on Michael Shelly.
The clock says 4:38 faster, but the races themselves got 8:28 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Dublin 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 23:22 on the field in 70 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
5 races · 5 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:37 PB437/686Beat 36%
↑ 121 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:57 better than the field: 3:08 faster on the clock, against 0:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 faster This athlete3:08 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:45373/570Beat 35%
↑ 70 days after Dublin 2025 23:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:22 better than the field: 24:59 faster on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This athlete24:59 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:57:44919/955Beat 4%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 29:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
29:08 behind the field: 26:19 slower on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete26:19 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:251027/1600Beat 36%
↑ 5 days after Valencia 2025 1:01 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:51 faster for everyone, so 1:01 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete2:50 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:15317/455Beat 30%