Progress against the field
From Chicago 2025 to Tampa 2026, Cole Besterfield got 9:16 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:09 quicker, so 14:25 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
188 days between Miami 2026 and Boston 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:09 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 8 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed56:32 PB1/482Beat 100%
↑ 49 days after Washington DC 2026, with Caitlyn Miller 1:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:52 faster for everyone, so 1:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 faster This pair0:11 faster -
Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:02:50 PB21/418Beat 95%
↑ 14 days after Boston 2026 0:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:44 faster for everyone, so 0:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:44 faster This athlete3:35 faster -
Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:2551/339Beat 85%
↑ 188 days after Miami 2026 6:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:51 faster for everyone, so 6:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This athlete8:00 faster -
Boston8 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:45 PB12/255Beat 95%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed56:432/594Beat 100%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026, with Caitlyn Miller 1:48 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:53 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:48 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:53 faster This pair2:05 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed58:488/1053Beat 99%
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Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:2569/267Beat 74%
↑ 140 days after Chicago 2025 2:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:34 faster for everyone, so 2:16 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 faster This athlete2:50 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:15124/268Beat 54%
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Atlanta31 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:26206/582Beat 65%
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Miami BeachDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:25:03 PB375/972Beat 61%