Progress against the field
From Barcelona 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 24:36 on Brad Smith.
Over the same races everyone got 7:13 quicker, so 17:23 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Cardiff 2026 → Gdansk 2026: 14:47 in 164 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.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:501057/1442Beat 27%
↑ 21 days after Gdansk 2026 12:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:19 faster for everyone: 12:52 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:19 faster This athlete11:33 slower -
Gdansk10 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:17618/1349Beat 54%
↑ 164 days after Cardiff 2026 14:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:47 better than the field: 14:47 faster on the clock, against no different for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →no different This athlete14:47 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:04385/466Beat 17%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 26:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:45 faster for everyone: 26:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete24:33 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:18 PB141/813Beat 83%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:31 PB898/2779Beat 68%
↑ 223 days after Barcelona 2025 0:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:56 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:09 faster for everyone, so 0:13 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:09 faster This athlete3:56 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:27481/1106Beat 57%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:45237/736Beat 68%
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Bilbao15 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:0295/330Beat 71%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:35 PB143/795Beat 82%