Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to London Olympia 2026, Rowan Smith got 15:20 faster than the field.
The clock says 20:29 faster, but the races themselves got 5:09 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Manchester 2026 → London Olympia 2026: 8:12 in 62 days.
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
3 races · 3 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:07 PB327/897Beat 64%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 8:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:12 better than the field: 12:18 faster on the clock, against 4:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete12:18 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:25359/551Beat 35%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 7:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:11 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 7:08 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete8:11 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:361284/1600Beat 20%