Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 5:19 on Simon Smith.
Over the same races everyone got 8:08 quicker, so 2:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was London Olympia 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 45:18 on the field in 36 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
11 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:01 PB846/1442Beat 41%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:43 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete1:51 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:56:51 PB677/693Beat 2%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 1:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:14 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:46 faster for everyone, so 1:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete2:14 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:49:01585/600Beat 3%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Clive Wilkins 3:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:48 faster for everyone: 3:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This pair0:06 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:52307/466Beat 34%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 45:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
45:18 better than the field: 46:34 faster on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete46:34 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men2:21:20521/528Beat 1%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men2:17:26176/177Beat 1%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 50:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
46:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:06 faster for everyone: 50:41 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete46:35 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:48:55382/398Beat 4%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025, with Clive Wilkins 1:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:50 behind the field: 1:48 slower on the clock, against 0:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:02 faster This pair1:48 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:51980/1463Beat 33%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 0:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:03 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:59 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:59:05456/467Beat 2%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:47:07 PB1167/1177Beat 1%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:501231/1821Beat 32%