Progress against the field
From London 2023 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 5:22 on Jack Smith.
The clock says 7:16 faster, but the races themselves got 12:38 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 524 days between London 2023 and London 2025, cost 1:14 on 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
21 races · 14 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:14142/677Beat 79%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 better than the field: 1:56 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete1:56 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men58:5627/605Beat 96%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Alex Markham 1:23 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:36 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:23 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair0:13 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men59:0929/478Beat 94%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Alex Markham 0:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:18 faster for everyone: 0:34 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This pair0:16 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:10105/528Beat 80%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 6:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:48 behind the field: 5:32 slower on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete5:32 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:38 PB60/897Beat 93%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 5:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:51 better than the field: 7:45 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete7:45 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men58:53111/1815Beat 94%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:55 PB39/1372Beat 97%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:23750/2771Beat 73%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 3:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:24 behind the field: 1:42 slower on the clock, against 1:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete1:42 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Relay · Mixed1:01:008/55Beat 86%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:38282/954Beat 70%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:37162/411Beat 61%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:29185/956Beat 81%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:41470/1917Beat 76%
↑ 524 days after London 2023 1:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:03 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:14 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:03 faster This athlete4:49 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:27573/774Beat 26%
↑ 182 days after Birmingham 2024, with Stephanie Mallinson 6:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:20 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:07 faster for everyone, so 6:13 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →4:07 faster This pair10:20 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men53:32 PB5/704Beat 99%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:23126/733Beat 83%
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Paris9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:07:16188/865Beat 78%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:34:47396/494Beat 20%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:22109/875Beat 88%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:18:30511/1865Beat 73%
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Singapore ExpoDate unknownDoubles Open · Men56:003/819Beat 100%