Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and London Excel 2025, Matthew Shoard lost 4:04 to the field.
The clock says 0:34 faster, but the races themselves got 4:38 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from London 2025 → Cardiff 2025: 2:26 in 27 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 Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:50:402589/2779Beat 7%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 4:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:02 faster for everyone: 4:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete1:29 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:11 PB1619/1821Beat 11%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 1:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:36 faster for everyone, so 1:59 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete0:37 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:481312/1401Beat 6%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 2:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:26 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:00 slower for everyone: 2:26 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:00 slower This athlete1:26 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:51:141790/1917Beat 7%