Progress against the field
From Manchester 2026 to Birmingham 2026, Charlie Ahern got 13:38 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:12 quicker, so 18:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 15:14 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:02 PB259/677Beat 62%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 15:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 15:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete16:57 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:59283/365Beat 23%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 1:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:36 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete1:53 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:52385/529Beat 27%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:34 PB480/1815Beat 74%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Harry Barnes 0:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:51 faster for everyone, so 0:35 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair1:16 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:5065/189Beat 66%