Progress against the field
Matt Smith and Niall Jordan have gained 1:52 on the field from Rome 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:12 quicker, so 8:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
283 days between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:48 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 Doubles Open · Men, with Niall Jordan, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:27 PB72/1442Beat 95%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025 4:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:33 better than the field: 8:32 faster on the clock, against 3:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:59 faster This athlete8:32 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men57:48 PB17/605Beat 97%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Niall Jordan 1:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:36 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:48 faster for everyone, so 1:48 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This pair5:36 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:4928/404Beat 93%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:2449/398Beat 88%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with Niall Jordan 3:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:15 slower for everyone: 3:10 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This pair4:25 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men58:59116/1815Beat 94%
↑ 69 days after Rome 2025, with Niall Jordan 3:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:14 better than the field: 6:53 faster on the clock, against 3:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 faster This pair6:53 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:59101/523Beat 81%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:52192/775Beat 75%