Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2023 to Amsterdam 2024, Michael Smith got 38:08 faster than the field.
The clock says 46:58 faster, but the races themselves got 8:50 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 355 days between Birmingham 2023 and Amsterdam 2024, still ended 3:48 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
12 races · 11 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:25:38242/295Beat 18%
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Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:09559/1462Beat 62%
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Bangkok 120 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:58:341906/2401Beat 21%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:06:3052/243Beat 79%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:26:37105/134Beat 22%
↑ 487 days after Manchester 2024 8:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:42 faster for everyone: 8:44 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:42 faster This athlete5:02 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:25131/1177Beat 89%
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Gdansk12 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:40 PB15/279Beat 95%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:54:111245/1323Beat 6%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:21:35 PB94/147Beat 36%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:32 PB281/1539Beat 82%
↑ 355 days after Birmingham 2023 3:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:48 better than the field: 14:24 faster on the clock, against 10:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →10:36 faster This athlete14:24 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:28:56615/1182Beat 48%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 34:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:46 slower for everyone and the clock still says 32:34 faster: 34:20 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete32:34 faster -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men2:01:30935/974Beat 4%