Progress against the field
Between Doha 2024 and Istanbul 1 2026, Rowan Smith lost 1:29 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:17 quicker, so 0:12 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
336 days between Doha 2024 and Sharjah 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:15 behind 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
3 races · 3 events
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Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:14166/609Beat 73%
↑ 307 days after Sharjah 2025 0:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:31 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 0:14 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete1:31 faster -
Sharjah12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:45236/576Beat 59%
↑ 336 days after Doha 2024 1:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 behind the field: 1:43 slower on the clock, against 0:28 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 slower This athlete1:43 slower -
Doha11 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:02 PB86/272Beat 68%