Progress against the field
Rob Smith has gained 3:48 on the field from London 2024 to London Excel 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 9:22 quicker, so 13:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
Ahead of the field in 4 of 5 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 Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
17 races · 16 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:14 PB71/813Beat 91%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:38986/1815Beat 46%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:59560/2771Beat 80%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 better than the field: 3:21 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete3:21 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:16 PB72/789Beat 91%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:20478/1821Beat 74%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 5:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:59 behind the field: 3:23 slower on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete3:23 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:57 PB121/639Beat 81%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 2:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:00 slower for everyone: 2:20 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:00 slower This athlete1:20 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:29762/1325Beat 43%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:17508/1917Beat 74%
↑ 43 days after Malaga 2025 0:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:59 faster for everyone, so 0:36 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:59 faster This athlete1:35 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:52333/966Beat 66%
↑ 112 days after London 2024 6:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:32 better than the field: 10:17 faster on the clock, against 3:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:45 faster This athlete10:17 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:40115/1105Beat 90%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:37237/616Beat 62%
↑ 328 days after Glasgow 2024, with Dan Jackson 3:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:43 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:05 faster for everyone: 3:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This pair0:43 slower -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Men1:12:36110/240Beat 54%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:09826/1637Beat 50%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:31253/344Beat 27%
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Madrid26 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:06272/584Beat 53%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:07:54225/787Beat 71%
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Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men1:25:52432/843Beat 49%