Progress against the field
Between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Ethan Smith kept pace with the field.
The clock says 4:35 faster, but the races themselves got 4:32 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
10 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men51:23 PB8/476Beat 98%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:0941/693Beat 94%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men55:52 PB2/677Beat 100%
↑ 170 days after Barcelona 2026 1:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 better than the field: 2:51 faster on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete2:51 faster -
Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:00:0517/478Beat 96%
↑ 16 days after Rome 2026 1:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:01 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:56 faster for everyone: 1:57 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 faster This athlete0:01 slower -
Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:00:04 PB12/362Beat 97%
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Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:1615/271Beat 95%
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men58:432/549Beat 100%
↑ 15 days after Cardiff 2026 0:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:00 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete1:57 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:00:406/528Beat 99%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 1:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 behind the field: 0:13 slower on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete0:13 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:05:0559/533Beat 89%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:00:2714/716Beat 98%