Progress against the field
Between London 2024 and London Olympia 2026, Alby Smith lost 1:50 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 13:03 quicker, so 11:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Oslo 2025 → Dublin 2025: 7:43 on the field in 47 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
16 races · 14 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:1268/813Beat 92%
↑ 377 days after Glasgow 2025, with Billy Wilson 2:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 better than the field: 2:59 faster on the clock, against 0:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:43 faster This pair2:59 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:48218/897Beat 76%
↑ 132 days after Dublin 2025 3:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 behind the field: 1:27 slower on the clock, against 2:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:22 faster This athlete1:27 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:56396/794Beat 50%
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Stockholm18 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men59:05 PB17/563Beat 97%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:01439/1815Beat 76%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Men56:0622/120Beat 82%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:21 PB248/898Beat 72%
↑ 47 days after Oslo 2025 7:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:30 faster for everyone, so 7:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 faster This athlete10:13 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:09:46 PB119/176Beat 32%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:34453/935Beat 52%
↑ 146 days after London 2025 5:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:32 behind the field: 5:37 slower on the clock, against 0:05 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 slower This athlete5:37 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:57777/1917Beat 60%
↑ 21 days after Warsaw 2025 3:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:42 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:41 faster: 3:23 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 slower This athlete2:41 faster -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:38291/715Beat 59%
↑ 119 days after Frankfurt 2024 4:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:18 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:46 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:18 faster This athlete0:32 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:11205/1105Beat 81%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:10650/1480Beat 56%
↑ 15 days after London 2024 1:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 better than the field: 4:51 faster on the clock, against 3:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:40 faster This athlete4:51 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:01879/1637Beat 46%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:07:37266/719Beat 63%