Progress against the field
From London 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Ben Sheppard got 1:28 faster than the field.
The clock says 6:01 faster, but the races themselves got 4:33 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 2:00 on 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
17 races · 14 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men51:50 PB11/476Beat 98%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men58:1416/693Beat 98%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 2:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:09 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:09 faster for everyone, so 2:00 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete0:09 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed57:19 PB8/848Beat 99%
↑ 334 days after Cardiff 2025, with Adele Pegram 2:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:36 better than the field: 6:31 faster on the clock, against 3:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This pair6:31 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men58:238/533Beat 99%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 slower on the clock, and the race was 1:13 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:13 slower This athlete1:13 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men57:10 PB8/445Beat 98%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 0:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, so 0:27 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete1:50 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:1734/279Beat 88%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men57:4769/2102Beat 97%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men59:0013/467Beat 97%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 1:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:55 faster for everyone, so 1:29 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete3:24 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men57:4615/105Beat 86%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:02:245/137Beat 96%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 1:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:32 better than the field: 1:51 faster on the clock, against 0:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:19 faster This athlete1:51 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:5014/267Beat 95%
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London3 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:04:1528/229Beat 88%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men59:31 PB5/1637Beat 100%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men57:38 PB13/441Beat 97%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:01:0568/1033Beat 93%
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Madrid23 Sep 2023Individual Pro · Men1:09:0132/110Beat 71%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:01:2645/522Beat 91%