Progress against the field
From Valencia 2025 to Oslo 2026, the field gained 0:30 on Shaun Stephen.
The clock says 8:17 faster, but the races themselves got 8:47 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Manchester 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 3:37 in 98 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 8 events
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Relay · Men52:442/21Beat 91%
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:5441/871Beat 95%
↑ 150 days after Cardiff 2026 1:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:46 faster for everyone: 1:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete0:33 slower -
Helsinki9 May 2026Relay · Men51:561/13Beat 92%
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Helsinki9 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men58:52 PB42/168Beat 75%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:21 PB30/528Beat 94%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 3:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 3:37 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete7:06 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:27259/1463Beat 82%
↑ 34 days after Stockholm 2025 1:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:42 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:09 faster for everyone: 1:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:09 faster This athlete1:42 slower -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Relay · Men52:272/27Beat 93%
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Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:45164/1315Beat 88%
↑ 62 days after Valencia 2025 0:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:23 faster for everyone, so 0:57 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:23 faster This athlete3:26 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:37 PB203/2102Beat 90%
↑ 69 days after Oslo 2025, with Freddie Whitfield 0:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:25 faster for everyone, so 0:25 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →4:25 faster This pair4:50 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:11221/1018Beat 78%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:2724/190Beat 87%