Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2025 and Birmingham 2026, John Penn and Steve Smith pulled 0:46 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:12 quicker, so 2:58 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
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men59:23 PB30/600Beat 95%
↑ 519 days after Cardiff 2025, with Steve Smith 0:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 better than the field: 2:58 faster on the clock, against 2:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:12 faster This pair2:58 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:23:39 PB335/462Beat 28%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:09:08 PB117/176Beat 34%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:2126/269Beat 90%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:49 PB537/1445Beat 63%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:07:3288/148Beat 41%