Progress against the field
Karl Smith has gained 10:28 on the field from London 2025 to Cardiff 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 1:00 slower, so 9:28 faster on the clock looks worse than it was.
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
5 races · 5 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:40:54 PB165/171Beat 4%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:27 PB179/594Beat 70%
↑ 348 days after London 2024, with Laura Glynn 4:42 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:12 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:54 faster for everyone, so 4:42 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:54 faster This pair3:12 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:11 PB1184/1401Beat 16%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 10:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:00 slower for everyone and the clock still says 9:28 faster: 10:28 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:00 slower This athlete9:28 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:47:391759/1917Beat 8%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:39325/795Beat 59%