Progress against the field
Ryan Hessman has gained 16:42 on the field from Atlanta 2025 to Washington DC 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:40 quicker, so 23:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Miami 2026 → Washington DC 2026: 9:38 in 153 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 · Men1:50:18 PB275/327Beat 16%
↑ 153 days after Miami 2026 9:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:38 better than the field: 13:04 faster on the clock, against 3:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:26 faster This athlete13:04 faster -
Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men2:03:221354/1462Beat 7%
↑ 154 days after Atlanta 2025 7:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:14 faster for everyone, so 7:04 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete10:18 faster -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:13:40754/788Beat 4%