Progress against the field
From London 2025 to London Excel 2025, Matthew Smith got 13:45 faster than the field.
The clock says 16:52 faster, but the races themselves got 3:07 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was London 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 7:11 on the field in 172 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
10 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:18:12 PB428/476Beat 10%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Matthew Rees 1:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:17 faster for everyone, so 1:18 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair0:59 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:38315/478Beat 34%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:19:11270/302Beat 11%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men57:10 PB91/455Beat 80%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:35:20360/398Beat 10%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:22:041482/1815Beat 18%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:11 PB1504/2779Beat 46%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 6:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:34 better than the field: 9:36 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete9:36 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:471298/1821Beat 29%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 7:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:05 faster for everyone, so 7:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete7:16 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:14:04397/563Beat 30%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:031661/1917Beat 13%