Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and Manchester 2026, Glenn Thorpe and Mark E Smith lost 16:38 to the field.
The races themselves barely changed, so 16:49 slower on the clock is the real picture.
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 Doubles Open · Men, with Mark E Smith, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
19 races · 19 events
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Helsinki9 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:55:22708/718Beat 1%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:42:33814/842Beat 3%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men2:05:31404/404Beat 0%
↑ 432 days after Dublin 2024, with Mark E Smith 16:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:38 behind the field: 16:49 slower on the clock, against 0:11 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 slower This pair16:49 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:45:46299/312Beat 4%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:49:48331/344Beat 4%
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Riga31 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:51:14261/264Beat 1%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:31:44285/304Beat 6%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:39:33 PB658/693Beat 5%
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Katowice22 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:53:43274/275Beat 0%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:48:42290/290Beat 0%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:53:17440/441Beat 0%
↑ 741 days after Birmingham 2022, with Paul Guy 20:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
20:57 behind the field: 19:35 slower on the clock, against 1:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 faster This pair19:35 slower -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:29:11925/1033Beat 11%
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Malaga13 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:49:19273/278Beat 2%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:27:22 PB694/787Beat 12%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Men1:47:32460/467Beat 2%
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Milan7 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Men1:35:31169/184Beat 8%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:33:42337/358Beat 6%
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Manchester29 Jan 2022Relay · Mixed1:20:3433/54Beat 39%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:39:30250/250Beat 0%