Progress against the field
From New York 2024 to Washington DC 2026, Dwight Kessler got 32:43 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:39 quicker, so 38:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
726 days between New York 2024 and New York 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 28:29 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:34 PB124/440Beat 72%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026 4:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:14 better than the field: 7:49 faster on the clock, against 3:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:35 faster This athlete7:49 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:23210/556Beat 62%
↑ 726 days after New York 2024 28:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
28:29 better than the field: 30:33 faster on the clock, against 2:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete30:33 faster -
New York1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men2:01:56816/895Beat 9%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:33:56931/1544Beat 40%