Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Simon Bell and Adrian Smith pulled 2:40 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:48 quicker, so 6:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:23:54 PB458/605Beat 24%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Adrian Smith 2:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:40 better than the field: 6:28 faster on the clock, against 3:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This pair6:28 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:30:22718/794Beat 10%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:12 PB1620/1821Beat 11%