Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Charles Allen got 4:55 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:37 quicker, so 5:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → Glasgow 2026: 4:10 on the field in 97 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:15232/1159Beat 80%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Sophie Williams 2:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:30 behind the field: 0:53 slower on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This pair0:53 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:22127/848Beat 85%
↑ 168 days after Dublin 2025, with Sophie Williams 0:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:37 faster for everyone, so 0:53 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:37 faster This pair3:30 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:26:05 PB380/533Beat 29%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 0:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 better than the field: 1:05 faster on the clock, against 0:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 faster This athlete1:05 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:11 PB73/887Beat 92%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:27:10174/206Beat 16%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 4:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:10 better than the field: 4:27 faster on the clock, against 0:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:17 faster This athlete4:27 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:31:37405/462Beat 12%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:52129/559Beat 77%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:43 PB81/667Beat 88%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:08 PB108/659Beat 84%
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Dublin28 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:27152/255Beat 40%