Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Manchester 2026, Tim Smith got 2:56 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:55 quicker, so 4:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from London Excel 2025 → Manchester 2026: 3:45 in 48 days.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:26:18 PB515/693Beat 26%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:33:25 PB754/813Beat 7%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:56 PB695/1463Beat 53%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 3:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:07 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:38 faster: 3:45 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete2:38 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:341474/2771Beat 47%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 0:49 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:13 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:47848/1600Beat 47%