Progress against the field
Ben Smith has dropped 4:55 behind the field from Glasgow 2024 to Rome 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 15:01 quicker, so 10:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
238 days between Glasgow 2024 and Madrid 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:17 behind the field.
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
26 races · 18 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:21164/476Beat 66%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Iwan Smith 0:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:02 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:17 faster for everyone, so 0:45 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair3:02 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:23 PB23/278Beat 92%
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:15:32 PB181/419Beat 57%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:26:04262/317Beat 17%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:3537/535Beat 93%
↑ 124 days after Berlin 2026 3:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 behind the field: 1:27 slower on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This athlete1:27 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:08 PB35/686Beat 95%
↑ 23 days after Cardiff 2026 1:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:03 slower for everyone: 1:23 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 slower This athlete0:20 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:23:11414/566Beat 27%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:04:23123/302Beat 59%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026, with Iwan Smith 2:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:43 slower for everyone: 2:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:43 slower This pair3:10 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:2819/466Beat 96%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 4:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 4:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete5:58 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men59:17 PB16/396Beat 96%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026, with Lewis Cann 0:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:33 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:51 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:33 faster This pair2:42 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:13118/484Beat 76%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:59115/794Beat 86%
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Stockholm18 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:03:1770/253Beat 72%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:32 PB641/1372Beat 53%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:49276/2102Beat 87%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:26529/2779Beat 81%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:27 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 0:35 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:27 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:53369/1821Beat 80%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025 3:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:32 behind the field: 2:29 slower on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete2:29 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:5592/563Beat 84%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:1741/497Beat 92%
↑ 44 days after Glasgow 2025, with Dan Strutt 1:40 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:45 slower for everyone: 1:40 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 slower This pair0:05 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:12222/947Beat 77%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:24273/1588Beat 83%
↑ 137 days after Madrid 2024 3:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:57 better than the field: 10:21 faster on the clock, against 6:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:24 faster This athlete10:21 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:01:1150/148Beat 66%
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Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:45387/1066Beat 64%
↑ 238 days after Glasgow 2024 7:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:04 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:13 faster for everyone: 7:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete5:04 slower -
Milan19 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:32:51581/768Beat 24%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:41401/1784Beat 78%
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Doubles Open · Men1:05:5432/229Beat 86%