Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Helen Shaw lost 8:38 to the field.
The clock says 4:22 faster, but the races themselves got 13:00 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 546 days between London 2025 and Birmingham 2026, cost 14:03 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 Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:22:52212/887Beat 76%
↑ 546 days after London 2025 14:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:55 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:08 faster for everyone: 14:03 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete10:55 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Women1:11:58 PB63/196Beat 68%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Women1:20:34 PB51/148Beat 66%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 2:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:39 better than the field: 4:51 faster on the clock, against 2:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:12 faster This athlete4:51 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Women1:25:2565/146Beat 56%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 behind the field: 4:12 slower on the clock, against 2:19 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 slower This athlete4:12 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Women1:21:1397/283Beat 66%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:11:57 PB60/1368Beat 96%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025 1:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 better than the field: 2:29 faster on the clock, against 1:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete2:29 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:14:2663/830Beat 92%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 0:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:52 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:28 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete2:24 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Women1:16:5061/539Beat 89%
↑ 56 days after London 2024 3:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 behind the field: 0:52 slower on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete0:52 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Women1:14:4945/145Beat 69%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:15:5863/590Beat 89%
↑ 35 days after Birmingham 2024 8:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:50 faster for everyone, so 8:26 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:50 faster This athlete11:16 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Women1:27:14163/564Beat 71%