What is Power of 10?
Since 2006, the Power of 10 has been the silent driving force behind the steady rise in UK athletics performances
— from school tracks to the Olympic stage. Its mission is simple but powerful: to motivate athletes of all ages
by setting clear performance targets and providing a trusted system to track results, rankings
and progress year after year.
We collect performance data for the following categories: Track & Field, Cross Country and Road & Distance
The general remit of the Power of 10 website is to record all performances achieved by UK athletes, in line with
agreed entry standards, in order to maintain a clear and accurate record of how performances are improving in all
areas and across all age groups.
We can only include verifiable performances in bona-fide UK Athletics/Home Country Federation (Athletics Northern
Ireland, Welsh Athletics, Scottish Athletics) licensed competitions where the level of officiating is of a
consistent standard.
Track & field performances will also be excluded that otherwise meet the criteria when:
- The level of officiating is not of an acceptable standard.
- Races were not started by a gun.
- Times in races that were manually timed and not recorded to 0.1 seconds.
WOMENS 2026 TRACK & FIELD TARGETS
Senior Women
Top 10
Top 100
Under 20 Women
Top 10
Top 100
Under 17 Women
Top 10
Top 100
Under 15 Women
Top 10
Top 100
100
11.30
12.00
11.75
12.50
11.95
12.50
12.25
12.80
200
23.10
24.60
24.10
25.60
24.50
25.90
25.10
26.50
300
39.50
41.80
40.50
43.00
400
52.00
56.50
54.90
59.50
800
02:01.00
02:10.00
02:08.00
02:16.00
02:09.00
02:17.00
02:13.00
02:19.00
1500
04:07.00
04:25.00
04:22.00
04:42.00
04:28.00
04:46.00
04:35.00
04:50.00
3000
09:35.00
10:25.00
09:45.00
10:45.00
09:55.00
11:10.00
5000
15:25.00
16:45.00
17:10.00
19:00.00
10000
32:45.00
40:00.00
1500SC
05:05.00
05:50.00
05:10.00
06:00.00
2000SC
10:10.00
12:00.00
75 Hurdles
11.35
12.10
80 Hurdles
11.50
12.40
100 Hurdles
13.40
15.00
14.10
16.00
300 Hurdles
44.00
49.50
400 Hurdles
59.00
67.00
62.00
72.00
High Jump
1.81
1.65
1.72
1.56
1.68
1.58
1.63
1.52
Pole Vault
4.10
3.05
3.50
2.70
3.30
2.40
2.85
2.15
Long Jump
6.30
5.60
5.90
5.25
5.70
5.20
5.40
4.90
Triple Jump
12.80
11.10
11.70
10.45
11.50
10.30
10.60
9.25
Shot
14.80
11.20
12.50
10.00
13.60
10.80
12.00
9.70
Discus
48.00
35.00
40.00
27.00
36.00
26.00
30.00
23.00
Javelin
48.00
35.00
42.00
31.00
41.00
32.00
37.00
28.00
Hammer
62.00
42.00
47.00
30.00
51.00
35.00
43.00
25.00
Pentathlon
3000
2500
Heptathlon
5400
3000
4800
3000
4600
3500
Marathon
02:32:00
02:50:00
MENS 2026 TRACK & FIELD TARGETS
Senior Men
Top 10
Top 100
Under 20 Men
Top 10
Top 100
Under 17 Men
Top 10
Top 100
Under 15 Men
Top 10
Top 100
100
10.18
10.64
10.60
11.00
10.80
11.20
11.30
11.75
200
20.66
21.55
21.20
22.40
21.90
22.80
22.90
24.00
300
36.70
39.00
400
46.00
48.50
48.00
50.50
49.50
52.00
800
01:46.00
01:51.00
01:50.00
01:55.50
01:53.00
01:59.00
02:00.00
02:07.50
1500
03:37.00
03:47.00
03:47.00
03:58.00
03:54.00
04:08.00
04:08.00
04:25.00
3000
08:15.00
08:45.00
08:35.00
09:05.00
09:05.00
09:55.00
5000
13:30.00
14:15.00
14:25.00
16:00.00
10000
28:30.00
31:20.00
1500SC
04:30.00
05:00.00
2000SC
08:50.00
10:10.00
06:10.00
07:00.00
80 Hurdles
11.40
12.50
100 Hurdles
13.50
14.90
110 Hurdles
14.00
16.50
14.20
17.00
400 Hurdles
50.50
58.00
54.50
60.00
56.50
63.00
High Jump
2.14
1.92
2.02
1.81
1.96
1.80
1.79
1.66
Pole Vault
5.15
4.15
4.50
3.20
4.15
2.90
3.40
2.30
Long Jump
7.60
6.80
7.10
6.30
6.70
6.20
6.20
5.55
Triple Jump
15.50
13.40
14.10
12.30
13.90
12.15
12.50
11.00
Shot
16.60
12.70
15.00
11.60
14.90
12.00
13.70
11.30
Discus
55.00
40.00
47.00
34.00
45.00
35.00
40.00
30.00
Javelin
69.00
51.00
58.00
44.00
57.00
43.00
48.00
36.00
Hammer
67.00
42.00
55.00
30.00
53.00
30.00
45.00
27.00
Pentathlon
2700
2000
Octathlon
4800
3600
Decathlon
7200
4000
6400
4000
Marathon
02:15:00
02:24:00
What do the targets mean?
UK 10 Target:
These figures are raised in line with performance progression in each event during the previous 12 months. Each
event makes progress at a different rate.
UK 100 Target:
These lines act as a progressive step, a marker for both coach and athlete that indicates where they have come
from and where they then aspire to. They can be seen as an aid to planning coaching progression.
We collect and record performances from all licensed cross-country events across the United Kingdom.
For road and multi terrain, we include performances from races that have been awarded a UKA licence or one of the
Celtic national governing bodies.
The current worldwide standard for statistical rankings at the elite level is that gun times should be used.
The Power of 10 recognises, however, that in large-scale road races there can be a significant difference between
the official gun time and the chip time, which is a more accurate representation of the time a competitor actually
took to complete the course.
Therefore, we will display PBs, SBs and order rankings based on chip times where known and/or used and gun
times otherwise. We will endeavour to record & display both versions. Further, the road rankings shown on the
site are taken from performances on actual road (not multi-terrain) courses, where the course has a measurement
certificate and where the course, as measured, was actually run by the competitors.
Further, the road rankings shown on the site are taken from performances on actual road (not multi terrain)
courses, where the course has a measurement certificate and where the course, as measured, was actually run
by the competitors.