Progress against the field
From Chicago 2025 to Washington DC 2026, Tim Godbey got 5:01 faster than the field.
The clock says 12:53 faster, but the races themselves got 7:52 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was New York 2026 → Washington DC 2026: 4:59 on the field in 98 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
3 races · 3 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:49 PB132/327Beat 60%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026 4:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:35 faster for everyone, so 4:59 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:35 faster This athlete8:34 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:23148/282Beat 48%
↑ 195 days after Chicago 2025 0:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:17 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →4:17 faster This athlete4:19 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:421023/1621Beat 37%