Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and London Olympia 2026, Michael Sheldon lost 5:33 to the field.
The clock says 3:24 slower, but the races themselves got 2:09 quicker for everyone.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 8 events
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Helsinki9 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:35 PB101/168Beat 40%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:53272/445Beat 39%
↑ 325 days after London 2025 5:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:24 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:09 faster for everyone: 5:33 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete3:24 slower -
London3 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:13:11187/236Beat 21%
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London3 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:16:29120/229Beat 48%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:15:46 PB88/213Beat 59%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:22:1297/182Beat 47%
↑ 209 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 0:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:36 behind the field: 0:18 slower on the clock, against 0:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This athlete0:18 slower -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Pro · Men1:21:54128/237Beat 46%
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London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:18:38 PB204/865Beat 76%
↑ 294 days after Manchester 2022 4:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:14 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:03 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:14 faster This athlete1:11 faster -
Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Open · Men1:19:49137/476Beat 71%