Progress against the field
Michael Smith has dropped 12:03 behind the field from Chicago 2025 to Washington DC 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:28 quicker, so 4:35 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Houston 2026 → Washington DC 2026: 30:24 in 161 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
15 races · 11 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:1189/327Beat 73%
↑ 161 days after Houston 2026 30:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
30:24 better than the field: 34:21 faster on the clock, against 3:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:57 faster This athlete34:21 faster -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:24:11233/444Beat 48%
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:15 PB152/508Beat 70%
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:2718/277Beat 94%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:52:321005/1243Beat 19%
↑ 132 days after Chicago 2025 42:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
38:56 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:31 faster for everyone: 42:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete38:56 slower -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:13865/2139Beat 60%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:17:14165/284Beat 42%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:36 PB140/1621Beat 91%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:29:38871/1259Beat 31%
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New York30 May 2025Relay · Mixed1:07:116/57Beat 90%
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New York30 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:15:34 PB35/72Beat 51%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:13 PB22/731Beat 97%
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Las Vegas1 Feb 2025Relay · Men1:12:5212/25Beat 52%
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Washington - North American Championships2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:30:30105/142Beat 26%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownRelay · Men1:24:1764/88Beat 27%