Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2023 and Glasgow 2025, Matthew Smith lost 8:58 to the field.
The clock says 0:05 faster, but the races themselves got 9:03 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 622 days between Glasgow 2023 and Birmingham 2024, still ended 28:47 ahead of 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
7 races · 7 events
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:51:13 PB584/594Beat 2%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:48 PB213/563Beat 62%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:001443/1588Beat 9%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 23:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:01 behind the field: 19:47 slower on the clock, against 3:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete19:47 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:13911/1191Beat 24%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2024 14:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:52 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:52 faster for everyone: 14:44 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete10:52 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:21 PB538/1916Beat 72%
↑ 622 days after Glasgow 2023 28:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
28:47 better than the field: 30:44 faster on the clock, against 1:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete30:44 faster -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:49:05866/974Beat 11%