With the Longines Ranking no. 170 out, it is time to look at its movers and shakers. Just outside the top ten, Ireland’s superstar Bertram Allen is closing in and goes from rank fourteen to rank eleven. Gerco Schröder is also moving up from rank 26 to 20, as is Denis Lynch who goes from rank 27 to rank 23. Simon Delestre also goes up, from rank 30 to 25 – as does Bassem Hassan Mohammed who continues his climb this month going from rank 38 to 33.

After a great show in Hong Kong, John Whitaker jumps up from rank 45 to 37 while Abdelkebir Ouaddar moves eleven spots up to rank 40. Jessica Springsteen climbs from rank 49 to 44, Marc Houtzager all the way from rank 54 to 46 and Harrie Smolders from rank 52 to 46.

Outside the top fifty, but inside the top 100 the biggest climbers are: Georgina Bloomberg (from rank 79 to 54), Pablo Barrios (from rank 86 to 62), Andres Rodriguez (from rank 78 to 69), Lucy Davies (from rank 94 to 83), Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum (from rank 106 to 89), Timothee Anciaume (from rank 102 to 93), Todd Minikus (from rank 104 to 94) and Sameh El Dahan (from rank 109 to 99).