Progress against the field
Between Phoenix 2026 and Boston 2026, Tim Ratta lost 5:27 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:02 quicker, so 3:25 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from New York 2026 → Washington DC 2026: 4:12 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
5 races · 5 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:40171/339Beat 50%
↑ 35 days after Washington DC 2026 2:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:48 behind the field: 4:37 slower on the clock, against 1:49 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 slower This athlete4:37 slower -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:03 PB168/378Beat 56%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026 4:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:13 faster for everyone, so 4:12 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:13 faster This athlete9:25 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:26:28240/455Beat 47%
↑ 119 days after Phoenix 2026 6:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 6:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete8:13 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:15291/634Beat 54%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:31 PB555/1463Beat 62%