Progress against the field
From London 2025 to Glasgow 2026, the field gained 12:23 on Harry Smith.
The clock says 11:11 slower, but the races themselves got 1:12 quicker for everyone.
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
16 races · 15 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:19:16388/605Beat 36%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Tom Hawthorn 3:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:11 better than the field: 4:47 faster on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair4:47 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:45198/522Beat 62%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:24:03392/478Beat 18%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Relay · Mixed1:11:0122/85Beat 74%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:17466/757Beat 38%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:22320/613Beat 48%
↑ 312 days after London 2025 12:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:23 behind the field: 11:11 slower on the clock, against 1:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:12 faster This athlete11:11 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:45746/1372Beat 46%
↑ 370 days after London 2024, with Veronika Cerar 0:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:08 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:49 faster for everyone, so 0:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:49 faster This pair4:08 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:14:57463/777Beat 40%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:02354/555Beat 36%
↑ 210 days after Malaga 2025, with Holly Fisher 7:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:35 faster for everyone: 7:25 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:35 faster This pair6:50 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:11 PB559/1917Beat 71%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:02 PB170/774Beat 78%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:12152/309Beat 51%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:53524/795Beat 34%
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London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:26:01622/909Beat 32%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:06:14 PB96/358Beat 73%