Progress against the field
Daniel Smith has dropped 5:05 behind the field from Manchester 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 8:21 faster, but the races themselves got 13:26 quicker for everyone.
185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:14 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
18 races · 13 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:01 PB284/1159Beat 76%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:11331/1442Beat 77%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 2:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:43 faster for everyone: 2:14 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:31 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men53:34 PB4/605Beat 99%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:40 PB192/913Beat 79%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 2:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:48 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:45 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete0:03 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:09:02 PB305/484Beat 37%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026, with Ryan Dutton 0:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:55 faster for everyone, so 0:53 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This pair3:48 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:43321/1452Beat 78%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 2:01 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:24 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, so 2:01 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete0:24 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:56137/794Beat 83%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:12:50212/279Beat 24%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:07358/1463Beat 76%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 9:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:24 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 9:31 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete8:24 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:311377/2779Beat 50%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 4:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:02 faster for everyone: 4:39 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete1:37 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:20346/889Beat 61%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:54739/1821Beat 59%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 4:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:38 better than the field: 7:14 faster on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete7:14 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:08932/1401Beat 34%
↑ 126 days after Manchester 2025 7:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:59 faster for everyone: 7:35 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This athlete5:36 slower -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:57509/1010Beat 50%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:32597/1191Beat 50%
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Singapore National Stadium29 Jun 2024Doubles Open · Men1:11:5427/573Beat 95%
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Singapore ExpoDate unknownRelay · Men1:05:5015/135Beat 89%
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SingaporeDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:01:3910/544Beat 98%