Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Mark Smith lost 12:05 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:38 quicker, so 0:27 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 221 days between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 5:55 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
23 races · 14 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:45 PB77/1159Beat 93%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:43463/1442Beat 68%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 5:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:55 behind the field: 4:26 slower on the clock, against 1:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete4:26 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Men1:02:1023/79Beat 71%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:19223/677Beat 67%
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:2548/759Beat 94%
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Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:04189/507Beat 63%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Relay · Men1:11:5938/81Beat 53%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:17 PB29/219Beat 87%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 28:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
32:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:06 faster for everyone, so 28:17 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete32:23 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:09468/642Beat 27%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:0731/460Beat 93%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025, with Tess Forsberg 2:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:42 better than the field: 3:46 faster on the clock, against 1:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:04 faster This pair3:46 faster -
Vienna6 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:05229/961Beat 76%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:34118/404Beat 71%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:401272/1463Beat 13%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 27:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
27:18 behind the field: 28:25 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete28:25 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:54201/529Beat 62%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:15904/2771Beat 67%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 12:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 12:01 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete15:03 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:5350/312Beat 84%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:181054/1600Beat 34%
↑ 5 days after Valencia 2025 57:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:51 faster for everyone, so 57:01 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete1:00:52 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men57:14 PB19/1177Beat 98%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:33:10454/455Beat 0%
↑ 219 days after Glasgow 2025 1:16:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16:11 behind the field: 1:15:54 slower on the clock, against 0:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:17 faster This athlete1:15:54 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Relay · Men1:05:3012/24Beat 50%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:17394/774Beat 49%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:16538/1588Beat 66%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed2:01:20888/894Beat 1%