Progress against the field
Nathan Smith has dropped 3:05 behind the field from Madrid 2025 to Barcelona 2026.
The clock says 0:56 faster, but the races themselves got 4:01 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Manchester 2026 → Barcelona 2026: 21:22 in 113 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
10 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:17:27225/312Beat 28%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025, with Dominic Perkins 5:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:14 faster for everyone: 5:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This pair3:36 slower -
Valencia17 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:09 PB55/312Beat 82%
↑ 252 days after Bilbao 2026, with Joanne Smith 0:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:38 faster for everyone, so 0:17 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This pair0:21 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:56 PB260/643Beat 60%
↑ 113 days after Manchester 2026 21:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:22 better than the field: 24:29 faster on the clock, against 3:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:07 faster This athlete24:29 faster -
Bilbao7 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:30202/866Beat 77%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:251266/1463Beat 14%
↑ 55 days after Madrid 2025 24:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:54 faster for everyone: 24:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:54 faster This athlete23:33 slower -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:52600/1361Beat 56%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:51672/1177Beat 43%
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Singapore7 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Men1:21:4771/250Beat 72%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:10:40 PB162/358Beat 55%
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SingaporeDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:15:3749/396Beat 88%