Progress against the field
Mark Smith has dropped 11:22 behind the field from London 2022 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 15:25 quicker, so 4:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
844 days between London 2022 and Glasgow 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:50 better than 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
21 races · 15 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:15592/1035Beat 43%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Harvey Gladwin 0:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 0:52 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:12 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair0:40 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:51168/646Beat 74%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 4:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 behind the field: 1:31 slower on the clock, against 2:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete1:31 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:47167/271Beat 38%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men57:29 PB19/813Beat 98%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:5273/396Beat 82%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:52389/917Beat 58%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:20310/1452Beat 79%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 5:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:42 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:20 slower for everyone: 5:22 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete5:42 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:10:56 PB43/121Beat 65%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:551012/1815Beat 44%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:02:36114/312Beat 64%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:38282/2779Beat 90%
↑ 7 days after Madrid 2025 11:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:17 behind the field: 7:41 slower on the clock, against 3:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete7:41 slower -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men59:57 PB6/1312Beat 100%
↑ 181 days after Cardiff 2025 0:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:57 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 faster This athlete0:52 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:00:499/1401Beat 99%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 1:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:30 faster for everyone, so 1:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete2:19 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:01:58 PB73/263Beat 72%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:50506/947Beat 47%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:0847/1588Beat 97%
↑ 844 days after London 2022 8:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:50 better than the field: 15:46 faster on the clock, against 6:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:56 faster This athlete15:46 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:02106/984Beat 89%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:02:3679/787Beat 90%
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London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men1:08:39336/1003Beat 67%
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London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:18:54211/865Beat 76%
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MelbourneDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:22:25264/387Beat 32%