Progress against the field
Between Copenhagen 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Hannah Smethurst and Kayleigh Cookson pulled 14:17 ahead of the field.
The clock says 19:46 faster, but the races themselves got 5:29 quicker for everyone.
The field was beaten in 4 of 4 comparisons.
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 Doubles Open · Women, with Kayleigh Cookson, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Women1:23:51 PB580/1246Beat 54%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with Kayleigh Cookson 2:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:34 faster for everyone, so 2:17 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 faster This pair3:51 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women1:27:42243/404Beat 40%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026, with Kayleigh Cookson 4:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:39 faster for everyone, so 4:20 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 faster This pair7:59 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Women1:35:41887/1155Beat 23%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025, with Kayleigh Cookson 1:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:34 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:12 slower for everyone: 1:46 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:12 slower This pair1:34 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:44:21 PB1247/1542Beat 19%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 5:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:42 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:14 faster for everyone, so 5:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This athlete7:42 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Women1:45:58 PB135/139Beat 3%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Women1:37:15918/1111Beat 17%
↑ 222 days after Copenhagen 2025, with Kayleigh Cookson 5:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:54 better than the field: 6:22 faster on the clock, against 0:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This pair6:22 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:52:03355/400Beat 11%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Pro · Women2:05:4265/65Beat 0%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Women1:43:37606/650Beat 7%