Progress against the field
Between Auckland 2026 and Sydney 2026, Craig Smith pulled 25:06 ahead of the field.
The clock says 31:02 faster, but the races themselves got 5:56 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.
Every race
2 races · 2 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:56:23 PB567/623Beat 9%
↑ 153 days after Auckland 2026 25:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
31:02 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:56 faster for everyone, so 25:06 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:56 faster This athlete31:02 faster -
Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men2:27:25756/763Beat 1%