Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2023 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 12:30 on Ben Smith.
Over the same races everyone got 13:19 quicker, so 0:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
732 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:33 behind 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.
Every race
21 races · 16 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:47306/1035Beat 70%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:2796/646Beat 85%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 7:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:28 behind the field: 5:45 slower on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete5:45 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:42 PB35/913Beat 96%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 4:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 better than the field: 5:46 faster on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete5:46 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:28110/897Beat 88%
↑ 13 days after Glasgow 2026 4:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:14 faster for everyone, so 4:38 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This athlete6:52 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men2:09:31215/219Beat 2%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:20471/1452Beat 68%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 10:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:37 behind the field: 8:12 slower on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete8:12 slower -
Turin30 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:14274/393Beat 30%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:08184/1463Beat 87%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 2:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:26 better than the field: 3:29 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete3:29 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:34 PB439/1372Beat 68%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:59288/1099Beat 74%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:37322/1821Beat 82%
↑ 732 days after Birmingham 2023 8:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 6:24 faster for everyone: 8:33 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:24 faster This athlete2:09 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:08175/523Beat 67%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:47465/1010Beat 54%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:10670/861Beat 22%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men58:22 PB74/947Beat 92%
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Guadalajara8 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:04102/245Beat 58%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:13:56524/984Beat 47%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:11:08338/787Beat 57%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:10:2876/1182Beat 94%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 2:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:46 slower for everyone: 2:34 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete0:48 faster -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:11:16137/974Beat 86%
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London19 Nov 2022Doubles Open · Men1:08:55114/343Beat 67%