Progress against the field
Aaron Darnell-Smith has gained 13:01 on the field from London 2022 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:40 quicker, so 19:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 1106 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 4:02 ahead of 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 Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:25 PB172/1442Beat 88%
↑ 1106 days after Birmingham 2023 4:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:50 faster for everyone, so 4:02 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:50 faster This athlete10:52 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:40 PB13/384Beat 97%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Matthew Bristow 2:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:27 faster for everyone, so 2:30 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair2:57 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:37411/2102Beat 80%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:19:17307/1182Beat 74%
↑ 336 days after London 2022 8:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:10 slower for everyone and the clock still says 8:49 faster: 8:59 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:10 slower This athlete8:49 faster -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:28:06412/865Beat 52%