Progress against the field
From Rimini 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Scott Shephard got 2:45 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:59 quicker, so 10:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Valencia 2025 → Madrid 2025: 4:27 on the field in 41 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:26 PB291/913Beat 68%
↑ 153 days after Madrid 2025 3:10 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:55 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:05 faster for everyone, so 3:10 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:05 faster This athlete0:55 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:21385/1312Beat 71%
↑ 41 days after Valencia 2025 4:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:27 better than the field: 5:19 faster on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete5:19 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:40551/1018Beat 46%
↑ 140 days after Rimini 2025 1:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 1:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete4:30 faster -
Rimini30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:10695/1225Beat 43%