Progress against the field
Tom Smith has gained 14:45 on the field from Birmingham 2025 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 20:00 faster, but the races themselves got 5:15 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → Glasgow 2026: 18:12 in 140 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
3 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:34220/913Beat 76%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 3:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:27 behind the field: 0:39 slower on the clock, against 2:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete0:39 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:55 PB126/595Beat 79%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 18:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:12 better than the field: 20:39 faster on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete20:39 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:341134/1600Beat 29%