Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2023 to Stockholm 2024, Justin Smith got 1:31 faster than the field.
The clock says 8:13 faster, but the races themselves got 6:42 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 288 days between Glasgow 2023 and London 2023, still ended 1:06 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 9 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:2555/1198Beat 95%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025, with Laura Stevenson 5:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:43 behind the field: 4:25 slower on the clock, against 1:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This pair4:25 slower -
Katowice21 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:0573/859Beat 92%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:00 PB6/861Beat 99%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Pro · Men59:20 PB40/143Beat 72%
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Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:05:54 PB35/447Beat 92%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2024 2:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:42 faster for everyone, so 2:05 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:42 faster This athlete4:47 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:10:4194/816Beat 89%
↑ 237 days after Glasgow 2024 1:27 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:54 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:21 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:27 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete0:54 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:35205/1784Beat 89%
↑ 97 days after London 2023 0:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:13 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:50 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:12:25217/1865Beat 88%
↑ 288 days after Glasgow 2023 1:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:42 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:36 faster for everyone, so 1:06 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 faster This athlete1:42 faster -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:14:07206/974Beat 79%