Progress against the field
From Barcelona 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Charlie Langley and Rhys Smith got 6:00 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:42 quicker, so 12:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 223 days between Barcelona 2025 and London Excel 2025, still ended 6:17 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
4 races · 4 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:19 PB115/522Beat 78%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026, with Rhys Smith 6:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:27 better than the field: 10:07 faster on the clock, against 3:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:40 faster This pair10:07 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:26511/794Beat 36%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with Rhys Smith 6:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:15 slower for everyone: 6:44 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This pair7:59 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:27629/1815Beat 65%
↑ 223 days after Barcelona 2025, with Rhys Smith 6:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:17 faster for everyone, so 6:17 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →4:17 faster This pair10:34 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:18:01572/781Beat 27%