Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Manchester 2026, Andy Cole and Matt Shorrock got 3:08 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:15 slower, so 1:53 faster on the clock looks worse than it was.
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
2 races · 2 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:28:07 PB328/398Beat 18%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with Matt Shorrock 3:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:15 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:53 faster: 3:08 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This pair1:53 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:30:001682/1815Beat 7%