Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Ciaran Smyth lost 2:16 to the field.
The clock says 4:07 faster, but the races themselves got 6:23 quicker for everyone.
221 days between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 9:08 behind 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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:38536/1442Beat 63%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 9:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:39 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:29 faster for everyone: 9:08 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete7:39 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:59 PB131/897Beat 85%
↑ 132 days after Dublin 2025 5:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:32 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:22 faster for everyone, so 5:10 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:22 faster This athlete7:32 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:31406/955Beat 58%
↑ 193 days after London 2025 1:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:42 better than the field: 4:14 faster on the clock, against 2:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:32 faster This athlete4:14 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:451053/1917Beat 45%