Progress against the field
Stephen Smith has gained 34:49 on the field from Birmingham 2025 to Manchester 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 1:55 quicker, so 36:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2025 → London Excel 2025: 30:01 on the field in 43 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
8 races · 7 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:50 PB1154/1463Beat 21%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 4:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:41 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 4:48 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete3:41 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:312413/2779Beat 13%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 30:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
33:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 30:01 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete33:03 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:15:341570/1600Beat 2%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:30:14535/563Beat 5%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:48:271123/1217Beat 8%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:33:57901/947Beat 5%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:35:47 PB729/841Beat 13%
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Dallas23 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:15:27 PB112/371Beat 70%