Progress against the field
Ron Smith has gained 1:14 on the field from London 2024 to Barcelona 2025.
The clock says 4:17 faster, but the races themselves got 3:03 quicker for everyone.
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
15 races · 14 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:54 PB318/693Beat 54%
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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:24 PB36/165Beat 78%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:4983/316Beat 74%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:02:45103/302Beat 66%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026, with Gordy Bromidge 0:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:47 slower on the clock, against 0:43 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:43 slower This pair0:47 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:46268/460Beat 42%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:58128/484Beat 74%
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Stockholm18 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:19 PB72/1002Beat 93%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men59:05 PB121/1815Beat 93%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Gordy Bromidge 0:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:51 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:19 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair1:32 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:14 PB269/2771Beat 90%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:37111/1177Beat 91%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:58135/1463Beat 91%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:23197/1106Beat 82%
↑ 35 days after Malaga 2025 0:40 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:02 slower on the clock, but the race was 0:42 slower for everyone, so this was 0:40 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 slower This athlete0:02 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:21235/966Beat 76%
↑ 112 days after London 2024 0:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:45 faster for everyone, so 0:34 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:45 faster This athlete4:19 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:40405/1637Beat 75%
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London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:55232/909Beat 75%