Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2023 and London Excel 2025, Denley Smith pulled 13:52 ahead of the field.
The clock says 24:14 faster, but the races themselves got 10:22 quicker for everyone.
587 days between Birmingham 2023 and Cardiff 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 19:11 better than 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
7 races · 7 events
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Katowice21 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Men1:43:49344/349Beat 1%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men2:02:452678/2771Beat 3%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 5:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:19 behind the field: 1:17 slower on the clock, against 4:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete1:17 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:42:571080/1099Beat 2%
↑ 271 days after Manchester 2025, with Scott Garner 0:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:45 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:18 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:45 faster This pair2:27 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men2:01:28 PB621/639Beat 3%
↑ 587 days after Birmingham 2023 19:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:11 better than the field: 25:31 faster on the clock, against 6:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:20 faster This athlete25:31 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:45:24599/616Beat 3%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2024, with Scott Garner 5:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:47 faster for everyone: 5:36 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 faster This pair3:49 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:41:35 PB858/875Beat 2%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men2:26:591172/1182Beat 1%