Progress against the field
From Houston 2025 to Washington DC 2026, the field gained 5:17 on Brett Stains.
The clock says 3:26 faster, but the races themselves got 8:43 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 286 days between Dallas 2025 and Washington DC 2026, still ended 4:36 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
3 races · 3 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:42 PB158/440Beat 64%
↑ 286 days after Dallas 2025 4:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:36 better than the field: 9:27 faster on the clock, against 4:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:51 faster This athlete9:27 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:091335/2078Beat 36%
↑ 251 days after Houston 2025 9:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:53 behind the field: 6:01 slower on the clock, against 3:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete6:01 slower -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:08517/1005Beat 49%