Progress against the field
From London 2023 to London Olympia 2026, the field gained 5:38 on Paul Sheppard.
The clock says 8:18 faster, but the races themselves got 13:56 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 537 days between London 2023 and Berlin 2025, still ended 1:32 ahead of 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
6 races · 6 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:56509/897Beat 43%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 1:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:40 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete0:14 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:101733/2771Beat 38%
↑ 43 days after Paris 2025 2:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:21 faster for everyone, so 2:07 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete7:28 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:38999/1397Beat 29%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2025 7:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:37 behind the field: 8:11 slower on the clock, against 0:34 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 slower This athlete8:11 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:27 PB1300/1851Beat 30%
↑ 537 days after London 2023 1:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:32 better than the field: 8:47 faster on the clock, against 7:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:15 faster This athlete8:47 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:09 PB582/1010Beat 42%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:36:141389/1865Beat 26%