Progress against the field
Heather Smith has dropped 11:25 behind the field from Helsinki 2026 to Oslo 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 2:51 slower, so 14:16 slower on the clock looks worse than it was.
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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Women1:20:43 PB168/585Beat 71%
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Open · Women1:47:56446/576Beat 23%
↑ 140 days after Helsinki 2026 11:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:51 slower for everyone: 11:25 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 slower This athlete14:16 slower -
Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:33:40313/579Beat 46%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:28:40322/825Beat 61%
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Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:28:06 PB96/241Beat 60%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:30:14121/235Beat 49%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 1:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 better than the field: 5:53 faster on the clock, against 4:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:26 faster This athlete5:53 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:36:07493/829Beat 41%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Women1:21:40361/1051Beat 66%