Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Manchester 2026, the field gained 4:53 on Matt Smith.
Over the same races everyone got 6:49 quicker, so 1:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
384 days between Dublin 2024 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 16:06 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 9 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:26:23320/384Beat 17%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Steven Pease 7:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:24 behind the field: 6:57 slower on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair6:57 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:30 PB52/202Beat 74%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:49 PB26/529Beat 95%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 15:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:36 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 15:43 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete14:36 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:19:261383/1815Beat 24%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:251056/2771Beat 62%
↑ 384 days after Dublin 2024 16:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:12 faster for everyone: 16:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:12 faster This athlete11:54 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:25 PB860/1325Beat 35%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:17:22564/898Beat 37%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:07:3128/545Beat 95%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2024 4:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:44 faster for everyone: 4:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete0:46 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:06:4584/1916Beat 96%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:29 PB106/850Beat 88%