Progress against the field
Between London 2023 and Manchester 2026, Paul Smith lost 25:45 to the field.
The clock says 22:19 slower, but the races themselves got 3:26 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 739 days between London 2023 and London Excel 2025, still ended 7:21 ahead of 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.
Every race
15 races · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:50199/600Beat 67%
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:44:36456/575Beat 21%
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Shanghai16 May 2026Relay · Mixed1:26:59179/366Beat 51%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:06:10144/522Beat 72%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Relay · Mixed1:25:5760/71Beat 16%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:28:19330/398Beat 17%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:39416/529Beat 21%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 33:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
34:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 33:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete34:13 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:23:501780/2102Beat 15%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:26 PB233/2771Beat 92%
↑ 739 days after London 2023 7:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:33 faster for everyone, so 7:21 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:33 faster This athlete11:54 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:26293/616Beat 52%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:16:45587/875Beat 33%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:09:01359/1033Beat 65%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:19:20571/1865Beat 69%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:05:25 PB88/358Beat 75%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:07:47 PB155/223Beat 31%