Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 3:31 on Ash Smith.
Over the same races everyone got 7:06 quicker, so 3:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
322 days between Poznan 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:20 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
8 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:0137/677Beat 95%
↑ 322 days after Poznan 2025 1:20 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:39 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:20 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete0:19 faster -
Poznan13 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:2038/1184Beat 97%
↑ 9 days after London Excel 2025 0:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:11 slower for everyone: 0:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 slower This athlete1:02 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:18 PB75/2771Beat 97%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:01 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete3:01 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:1939/523Beat 93%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 1:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:17 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:36 faster for everyone, so 1:19 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete1:17 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:3640/639Beat 94%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:28 PB172/1105Beat 84%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:15:10 PB63/147Beat 57%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:08:16238/787Beat 70%