Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 2:57 on Andrew Shields.
The clock says 6:33 faster, but the races themselves got 9:30 quicker for everyone.
271 days between Barcelona 2025 and Manchester 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 23:18 behind 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
8 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:30:04 PB430/549Beat 22%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:42 PB57/646Beat 91%
↑ 170 days after Barcelona 2026 0:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:36 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, so 0:20 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete1:36 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:18151/1158Beat 87%
↑ 51 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:15 faster on the clock, against 1:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This athlete1:15 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:33414/958Beat 57%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 19:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:25 better than the field: 22:33 faster on the clock, against 3:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete22:33 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:061038/1463Beat 29%
↑ 271 days after Barcelona 2025 23:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
22:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:38 faster for everyone: 23:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This athlete22:40 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:27:20 PB366/467Beat 22%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:26150/1106Beat 86%
↑ 182 days after Birmingham 2024 0:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:36 better than the field: 3:49 faster on the clock, against 3:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:13 faster This athlete3:49 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:15159/816Beat 81%