Progress against the field
Charlie Bax has gained 9:38 on the field from Valencia 2025 to Rome 2026.
The clock says 14:29 faster, but the races themselves got 4:51 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Madrid 2025 → Malaga 2026: 8:19 on the field in 140 days.
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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:26 PB85/581Beat 85%
↑ 160 days after Malaga 2026 2:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:54 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:29 slower for everyone: 2:23 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 slower This athlete0:54 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:5498/564Beat 83%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Relay · Men1:01:0719/53Beat 64%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:58 PB50/478Beat 90%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026, with Joel Chick 1:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 better than the field: 5:13 faster on the clock, against 3:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:40 faster This pair5:13 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:20101/474Beat 79%
↑ 140 days after Madrid 2025 8:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:28 faster for everyone, so 8:19 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:28 faster This athlete13:47 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:06:1176/404Beat 81%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:07651/1312Beat 50%
↑ 41 days after Valencia 2025 1:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:12 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:52 faster for everyone: 1:04 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete0:12 slower -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:55226/455Beat 50%