Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Valencia 2025, Robert Shaw got 4:25 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:28 quicker, so 9:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from London 2025 → Valencia 2025: 5:55 in 167 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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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Relay · Men1:02:2717/81Beat 79%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:27 PB499/1018Beat 51%
↑ 167 days after London 2025 5:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:54 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:01 slower for everyone: 5:55 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:01 slower This athlete5:54 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:211222/1917Beat 36%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 1:30 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:30 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete3:59 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:20476/688Beat 31%