Progress against the field
Between Rome 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Niall Jordan and Matt Smith pulled 1:52 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:12 quicker, so 8:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
283 days between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:48 better than 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 Doubles Open · Men, with Matt Smith, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:30164/677Beat 76%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 8:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:34 behind the field: 4:50 slower on the clock, against 3:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete4:50 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men57:4817/605Beat 97%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Matt Smith 1:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:48 better than the field: 5:36 faster on the clock, against 3:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This pair5:36 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men57:10 PB91/455Beat 80%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:30 PB52/202Beat 74%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:2449/398Beat 88%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with Matt Smith 3:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:15 slower for everyone: 3:10 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This pair4:25 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:40 PB136/1463Beat 91%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men58:59116/1815Beat 94%
↑ 69 days after Rome 2025, with Matt Smith 3:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:39 faster for everyone, so 3:14 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 faster This pair6:53 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:52192/775Beat 75%