Progress against the field
From London 2023 to Cardiff 2026, Dan Smallwood got 2:57 faster than the field.
The clock says 11:59 faster, but the races themselves got 9:02 quicker for everyone.
370 days between London 2024 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:41 better than 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
7 races · 7 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:39 PB255/365Beat 30%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 7:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 7:20 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete9:05 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:442371/2779Beat 15%
↑ 370 days after London 2024 4:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:04 faster for everyone, so 4:41 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:04 faster This athlete9:45 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:26:26 PB361/470Beat 23%
↑ 27 days after London 2025, with Kate Squire 5:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:14 better than the field: 5:16 faster on the clock, against 0:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:02 faster This pair5:16 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:42841/956Beat 12%
↑ 99 days after Manchester 2025, with Kate Squire 3:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:39 faster for everyone, so 3:54 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 faster This pair7:33 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:39:15672/733Beat 8%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:50:291469/1637Beat 10%
↑ 369 days after London 2023 9:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:13 faster for everyone: 9:04 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete6:51 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:43:381571/1865Beat 16%