Progress against the field
JOSHUA SMITH has gained 25:41 on the field from Cardiff 2025 to Glasgow 2026.
The clock says 28:05 faster, but the races themselves got 2:24 quicker for everyone.
The field was beaten in 3 of 4 comparisons.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
21 races · 16 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men53:29 PB7/302Beat 98%
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Singapore3 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men58:39 PB1/1183Beat 100%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:23 PB159/455Beat 65%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Michael Merritt 0:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:27 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:37 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:27 faster This pair0:50 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:02:44 PB23/206Beat 89%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 2:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:51 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, so 2:26 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete4:51 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:03:29108/279Beat 61%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:07:3538/130Beat 71%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 25:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:49 slower for everyone and the clock still says 22:40 faster: 25:29 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 slower This athlete22:40 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:13220/1815Beat 88%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:47423/2102Beat 80%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:30:15397/467Beat 15%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 29:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
29:19 behind the field: 27:24 slower on the clock, against 1:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete27:24 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:24340/1177Beat 71%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:02:5121/156Beat 87%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 27:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
27:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:53 faster for everyone, so 27:05 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This athlete27:58 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Men59:3112/57Beat 79%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:30:49195/225Beat 13%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:27370/1010Beat 63%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:56132/213Beat 38%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:35207/372Beat 44%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:00:1220/1445Beat 99%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 3:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:17 behind the field: 0:03 slower on the clock, against 3:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete0:03 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:00:0918/1191Beat 99%
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Abu DhabiDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:40:25533/762Beat 30%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:11:33413/522Beat 21%