Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Tom Smith got 3:17 faster than the field.
The clock says 7:49 faster, but the races themselves got 4:32 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Manchester 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 2:05 in 98 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
15 races · 14 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:16:14210/312Beat 33%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:56 PB126/466Beat 73%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 2:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:05 better than the field: 5:34 faster on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete5:34 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Relay · Men53:487/69Beat 90%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:30682/1463Beat 53%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 1:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 better than the field: 2:15 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete2:15 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:14:16445/777Beat 43%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:45702/1600Beat 56%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:19 PB253/445Beat 43%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:47153/372Beat 59%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:20:16728/984Beat 26%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men57:00 PB10/719Beat 99%
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London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men1:24:55866/1003Beat 14%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Men1:01:0333/467Beat 93%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023, with Matty RAMSDEN 3:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:05 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:33 faster: 3:38 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 slower This pair3:33 faster -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Doubles Open · Men1:04:3681/343Beat 76%
↑ 119 days after Birmingham 2022, with Matty RAMSDEN 6:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:56 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:35 faster for everyone: 6:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:35 faster This pair2:56 slower -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:01:4038/358Beat 89%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:04:15144/250Beat 42%