Progress against the field
Chris Smith has gained 14:37 on the field from Birmingham 2023 to Glasgow 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 14:20 quicker, so 28:57 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 552 days between Birmingham 2023 and Barcelona 2025, still ended 25:49 ahead of 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:381103/1452Beat 24%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 32:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
32:33 behind the field: 30:06 slower on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete30:06 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:32 PB101/1600Beat 94%
↑ 180 days after Barcelona 2025 21:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:21 better than the field: 24:29 faster on the clock, against 3:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete24:29 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:01795/1106Beat 28%
↑ 552 days after Birmingham 2023 25:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
34:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 8:45 faster for everyone, so 25:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →8:45 faster This athlete34:34 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men2:05:351129/1182Beat 5%