Progress against the field
Aaron Smyth has gained 5:14 on the field from Dublin 2024 to Malaga 2026.
The clock says 12:32 faster, but the races themselves got 7:18 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 362 days between Dublin 2024 and Dublin 2025, still ended 4:54 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
5 races · 5 events
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:44 PB123/561Beat 78%
↑ 155 days after Dublin 2025 0:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:31 faster for everyone, so 0:20 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete3:51 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:35307/955Beat 68%
↑ 362 days after Dublin 2024 4:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:41 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:47 faster for everyone, so 4:54 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:47 faster This athlete8:41 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:26 PB81/319Beat 75%
↑ 175 days after Barcelona 2025, with Jason Mullen 0:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:26 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:26 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 faster This pair1:00 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:26303/781Beat 61%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:16672/1221Beat 45%