Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and London Olympia 2026, Luke Smith lost 12:47 to the field.
The clock says 0:23 faster, but the races themselves got 13:10 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from London Excel 2025 → London Olympia 2026: 28:51 in 110 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
23 races · 16 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:45539/1035Beat 48%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Josh Raden 1:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:08 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:52 faster for everyone: 1:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair0:08 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:25125/549Beat 77%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:24:46267/312Beat 14%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:31:50533/605Beat 12%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:25:46483/600Beat 20%
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Helsinki9 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:17221/431Beat 49%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:50196/454Beat 57%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025, with Laura Smith 12:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:09 faster for everyone: 12:26 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:09 faster This pair9:17 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:37 PB244/642Beat 62%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 28:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
28:51 better than the field: 30:45 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete30:45 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:09 PB92/794Beat 88%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:37859/1815Beat 53%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:51:222598/2779Beat 7%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 4:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:24 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:02 faster for everyone: 4:26 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete1:24 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:581428/1600Beat 11%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 3:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:05 faster for everyone, so 3:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete3:51 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:33 PB136/889Beat 85%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:30:43218/267Beat 18%
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Bangkok24 May 2025Relay · Mixed1:33:1541/65Beat 37%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:53:491808/1917Beat 6%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 12:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:19 better than the field: 17:48 faster on the clock, against 5:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete17:48 faster -
Sharjah12 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:3248/295Beat 84%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men2:11:371609/1637Beat 2%
↑ 35 days after Birmingham 2024 53:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
50:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:40 faster for everyone: 53:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete50:37 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:13:58 PB71/83Beat 15%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:00712/1916Beat 63%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Pro · Men1:23:16 PB169/321Beat 47%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:5573/352Beat 79%
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Abu DhabiDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:09:0252/293Beat 82%