Progress against the field
Between Atlanta 2025 and Washington DC 2026, Eric Gustafson lost 2:02 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 12:19 quicker, so 10:17 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Atlanta 2025 → Dallas 2025: 15:26 in 21 days.
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
6 races · 6 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:55218/440Beat 51%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026 5:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:43 behind the field: 2:08 slower on the clock, against 3:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:35 faster This athlete2:08 slower -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:47168/308Beat 46%
↑ 55 days after Miami 2026 1:32 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:05 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:32 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:05 faster This athlete0:33 faster -
Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:20798/1462Beat 45%
↑ 133 days after Dallas 2025 10:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:52 faster for everyone: 10:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete7:21 slower -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:59 PB716/2078Beat 66%
↑ 21 days after Atlanta 2025 15:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:47 faster for everyone, so 15:26 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:47 faster This athlete19:13 faster -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:12571/788Beat 28%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:33:43924/1544Beat 40%