Progress against the field
Steven Smyth has gained 0:33 on the field from Manchester 2023 to London Excel 2025.
The clock says 20:42 faster, but the races themselves got 20:09 quicker for everyone.
363 days between Dublin 2023 and Birmingham 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 10:08 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.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:361078/2779Beat 61%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 1:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:36 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:29 faster for everyone, so 1:07 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete1:36 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:12425/955Beat 56%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 4:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:43 behind the field: 1:54 slower on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete1:54 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:18 PB595/1821Beat 67%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025 0:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 0:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:52 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:10632/1588Beat 60%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 1:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:21 faster for everyone, so 1:58 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete3:23 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:11:05 PB334/638Beat 48%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:33811/1916Beat 58%
↑ 363 days after Dublin 2023 10:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:08 better than the field: 18:04 faster on the clock, against 7:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:56 faster This athlete18:04 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:40:37534/777Beat 31%
↑ 273 days after Manchester 2023 3:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:50 behind the field: 1:19 slower on the clock, against 2:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:31 faster This athlete1:19 slower -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:39:18457/649Beat 30%