Progress against the field
From Manchester 2023 to Birmingham 2025, Mike Charles has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The clock says 14:38 faster, but the races themselves got 14:28 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 369 days between London 2023 and London 2024, cost 9:40 on 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
5 races · 5 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:34:40 PB868/917Beat 5%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:52:161461/1600Beat 9%
↑ 327 days after London 2024 10:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:16 behind the field: 7:00 slower on the clock, against 3:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete7:00 slower -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:45:161394/1637Beat 15%
↑ 369 days after London 2023 9:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:40 behind the field: 7:27 slower on the clock, against 2:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete7:27 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:37:49 PB1427/1865Beat 24%
↑ 302 days after Manchester 2023 20:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
29:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 8:59 faster for everyone, so 20:06 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →8:59 faster This athlete29:05 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men2:06:54619/649Beat 5%