Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Richard Smith lost 7:30 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:44 quicker, so 0:46 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 198 days between Malaga 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 20:53 on 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.
Every race
11 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:56:531254/1442Beat 13%
↑ 198 days after Malaga 2026 20:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
20:53 behind the field: 20:32 slower on the clock, against 0:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 faster This athlete20:32 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:44291/530Beat 45%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:21449/561Beat 20%
↑ 23 days after London Olympia 2026 9:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:56 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:38 faster for everyone: 9:34 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This athlete8:56 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:25 PB410/716Beat 43%
↑ 96 days after Stockholm 2025 5:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:43 better than the field: 7:56 faster on the clock, against 2:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete7:56 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:21977/1315Beat 26%
↑ 21 days after Madrid 2025 9:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:41 behind the field: 5:55 slower on the clock, against 3:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:46 faster This athlete5:55 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:36 PB711/1474Beat 52%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:26903/1361Beat 34%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025 26:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:14 slower for everyone and the clock still says 26:41 faster: 26:55 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete26:41 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:05262/559Beat 53%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:56:071696/1821Beat 7%
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Gdansk12 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:08183/328Beat 44%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:21456/655Beat 30%