Progress against the field
From Manchester 2023 to Manchester 2026, Lee Smith got 6:50 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:59 quicker, so 18:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 636 days between Manchester 2023 and Birmingham 2024, still ended 12:03 ahead of the field.
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
9 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:27 PB215/1035Beat 79%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with mark Proctor 1:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 better than the field: 2:56 faster on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair2:56 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Men1:12:0448/79Beat 39%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:23118/522Beat 77%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:53 PB307/824Beat 63%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:07307/529Beat 42%
↑ 362 days after Manchester 2025 20:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
20:17 behind the field: 17:24 slower on the clock, against 2:53 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:53 faster This athlete17:24 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:30450/1099Beat 59%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:43 PB221/1191Beat 81%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2024 15:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:52 faster for everyone, so 15:04 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete18:56 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:29:391177/1916Beat 39%
↑ 636 days after Manchester 2023 12:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:03 better than the field: 17:17 faster on the clock, against 5:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:14 faster This athlete17:17 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:46:56517/649Beat 20%