Progress against the field
Between London 2023 and London Olympia 2026, Alex Smedley and Beth Ward pulled 13:28 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:58 quicker, so 15:26 faster on the clock looks better 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.
Every race
2 races · 2 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:09 PB179/414Beat 57%
↑ 849 days after London 2023, with Beth Ward 13:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:26 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:58 faster for everyone, so 13:28 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:58 faster This pair15:26 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:33:35772/909Beat 15%