Progress against the field
From New York 2024 to Tampa 2026, the field gained 46:56 on Bakal Asrat.
Over the same races everyone got 18:07 quicker, so 28:49 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 342 days between Boston 2025 and Washington DC 2026, still ended 15:09 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
10 races · 7 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:43:07797/1079Beat 26%
↑ 14 days after Boston 2026 30:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
30:58 behind the field: 28:42 slower on the clock, against 2:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:16 faster This athlete28:42 slower -
Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:25129/1233Beat 90%
↑ 35 days after Washington DC 2026 5:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:54 behind the field: 4:43 slower on the clock, against 1:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:11 faster This athlete4:43 slower -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Relay · Men1:12:1127/76Beat 65%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:22:31 PB141/257Beat 45%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:42 PB31/327Beat 91%
↑ 342 days after Boston 2025 15:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:09 better than the field: 21:03 faster on the clock, against 5:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:54 faster This athlete21:03 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:45796/1463Beat 46%
↑ 307 days after Dallas 2024 20:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 7:58 faster for everyone: 20:52 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:58 faster This athlete12:54 slower -
Dallas23 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:51144/929Beat 85%
↑ 175 days after New York 2024 4:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:21 behind the field: 3:33 slower on the clock, against 0:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:48 faster This athlete3:33 slower -
New York1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:18125/895Beat 86%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:13:15233/1544Beat 85%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownRelay · Men1:17:0743/88Beat 51%