Progress against the field
David Smith has gained 7:58 on the field from Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:15 quicker, so 14:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:28 better than 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
16 races · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:18214/646Beat 67%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 5:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:28 better than the field: 7:11 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete7:11 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:3489/605Beat 85%
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Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:37:07346/361Beat 4%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:29234/456Beat 49%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 6:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 6:37 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete10:06 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:00196/455Beat 57%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Kirk Hicks 2:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:24 behind the field: 0:57 slower on the clock, against 1:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:27 faster This pair0:57 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:20431/917Beat 53%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:351080/1463Beat 26%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 4:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:07 behind the field: 3:04 slower on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete3:04 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:03 PB228/2102Beat 89%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:44261/1177Beat 78%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:311214/1821Beat 33%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:12 PB279/1600Beat 83%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:18:58792/1105Beat 28%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:41 PB471/841Beat 44%
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Toulouse8 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:18:26659/955Beat 31%
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Milan19 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:48:46559/572Beat 2%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Doubles Open · Men1:14:58243/343Beat 29%