Progress against the field
Iwan Smith has gained 9:44 on the field from Glasgow 2024 to Berlin 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 13:57 quicker, so 23:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from EMEA London Olympia 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 6:25 in 36 days.
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
12 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:21164/476Beat 66%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Ben Smith 0:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 better than the field: 3:02 faster on the clock, against 2:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair3:02 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:0253/686Beat 92%
↑ 23 days after Cardiff 2026 0:44 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 slower for everyone: 0:44 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 slower This athlete0:19 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:04:23123/302Beat 59%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026, with Ben 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 · Men1:06:43 PB43/528Beat 92%
↑ 36 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 6:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:25 better than the field: 6:53 faster on the clock, against 0:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This athlete6:53 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:13 PB118/484Beat 76%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:36517/958Beat 46%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 3:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:48 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:23 faster for everyone: 3:11 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete1:48 slower -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:03:1770/253Beat 72%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:48557/2779Beat 80%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 3:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 better than the field: 7:12 faster on the clock, against 4:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete7:12 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:00563/1401Beat 60%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 2:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:30 faster for everyone, so 2:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete2:54 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:54757/1588Beat 52%
↑ 137 days after Madrid 2024 0:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:41 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:24 faster for everyone, so 0:43 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:24 faster This athlete5:41 faster -
Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:35555/1066Beat 48%
↑ 238 days after Glasgow 2024 0:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:13 faster for everyone, so 0:55 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete3:08 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:431091/1784Beat 39%