Progress against the field
Joshua Smith has gained 2:45 on the field from Dublin 2023 to London 2023.
The clock says 9:43 faster, but the races themselves got 6:58 quicker for everyone.
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
11 races · 9 events
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:1293/232Beat 60%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:59 PB76/396Beat 81%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025, with James Platt 3:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:54 better than the field: 5:45 faster on the clock, against 1:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair5:45 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:17:30413/484Beat 15%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:261141/2102Beat 46%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:58503/1815Beat 72%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:44536/1099Beat 51%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:06:42 PB32/57Beat 44%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:21272/494Beat 45%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:27:59 PB114/147Beat 22%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:17:35 PB459/1865Beat 75%
↑ 29 days after Dublin 2023 2:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:58 faster for everyone, so 2:45 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:58 faster This athlete9:43 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:27:18269/777Beat 65%