Progress against the field
Declan Smith has dropped 7:52 behind the field from Glasgow 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 10:05 quicker, so 2:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Glasgow 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 13:58 on the field in 49 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
18 races · 13 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:43 PB79/1442Beat 95%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 1:30 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 1:30 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:13 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men55:5810/600Beat 98%
↑ 38 days after Rome 2026, with tomas morris 0:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:55 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:59 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This pair1:55 faster -
Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men57:532/317Beat 99%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:5632/528Beat 94%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 13:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:58 better than the field: 16:46 faster on the clock, against 2:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete16:46 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:42247/613Beat 60%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 18:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:16 behind the field: 15:51 slower on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete15:51 slower -
Bilbao7 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Men55:04 PB10/861Beat 99%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:41386/824Beat 53%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:00:53 PB78/279Beat 72%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:5133/551Beat 94%
↑ 236 days after Cardiff 2025 0:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:25 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:39 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:14 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete2:25 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men59:48150/1815Beat 92%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:13:42 PB54/147Beat 63%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:0780/563Beat 86%
↑ 27 days after London 2025, with Llyr Head 2:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 better than the field: 3:03 faster on the clock, against 0:50 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:50 faster This pair3:03 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:16140/1401Beat 90%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 1:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:50 behind the field: 1:20 slower on the clock, against 0:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete1:20 slower -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:10182/1010Beat 82%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · MixedDNF—
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:56128/1445Beat 91%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:38 PB114/494Beat 77%
↑ 237 days after Glasgow 2024, with Jenna Lafferty 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:26 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:26 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:26 faster This pair2:26 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:04270/850Beat 68%