Progress against the field
From Manchester 2024 to Manchester 2026, the field gained 9:51 on Ian Shepherd.
The clock says 6:02 slower, but the races themselves got 3:49 quicker for everyone.
390 days between Manchester 2024 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:21 behind 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:47:18452/529Beat 15%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 6:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:30 behind the field: 7:37 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete7:37 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:41 PB2281/2771Beat 18%
↑ 390 days after Manchester 2024 3:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:56 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:21 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:56 faster This athlete1:35 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:32:11 PB570/616Beat 8%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:41:161054/1206Beat 13%