Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2025 to Tenerife 2026, Andrew Smith got 22:53 faster than the field.
The clock says 26:34 faster, but the races themselves got 3:41 quicker for everyone.
The field was beaten in 4 of 5 comparisons.
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 · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
18 races · 13 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:28227/605Beat 63%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025, with William Douglas-Jones 1:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 better than the field: 3:53 faster on the clock, against 2:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This pair3:53 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:07:41 PB157/693Beat 77%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 1:38 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:44 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:38 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:44 faster This athlete0:06 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:19 PB20/673Beat 97%
↑ 226 days after Manchester 2026 1:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:46 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:11 faster: 1:57 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 slower This athlete1:11 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:1411/220Beat 95%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men54:271/566Beat 100%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:31:58390/430Beat 9%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:00 PB30/484Beat 94%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:07:4735/134Beat 74%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:3041/551Beat 93%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 19:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:05 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 19:12 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete18:05 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:351551/2771Beat 44%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 19:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:16 behind the field: 18:47 slower on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete18:47 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:4887/955Beat 91%
↑ 166 days after Cardiff 2025 16:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:14 better than the field: 20:49 faster on the clock, against 4:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete20:49 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:21630/1099Beat 43%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Relay · Men1:12:0738/54Beat 30%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men53:54 PB3/1177Beat 100%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:37411/639Beat 36%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 4:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:30 faster for everyone, so 4:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete5:16 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:11 PB90/693Beat 87%
↑ 56 days after Manchester 2025, with Tyra Cadette 0:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:02 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:02 faster This pair2:06 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:531160/1588Beat 27%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:17121/733Beat 84%