Progress against the field
From Manchester 2026 to Birmingham 2026, Adrian Smith and Simon Bell got 2:40 faster than the field.
The clock says 6:28 faster, but the races themselves got 3:48 quicker for everyone.
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 · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:26:58908/1035Beat 12%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:23:54 PB458/605Beat 24%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Simon Bell 2:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:48 faster for everyone, so 2:40 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This pair6:28 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:30:22718/794Beat 10%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Men1:02:3042/120Beat 65%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:36 PB693/1372Beat 50%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Relay · Men1:13:0318/24Beat 25%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:24:13742/875Beat 15%
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Relay · Men1:34:3315/15Beat 0%