Progress against the field
Between Boston 2025 and Washington DC 2026, Alex Samuel pulled 3:04 ahead of the field.
The clock says 10:23 faster, but the races themselves got 7:19 quicker for everyone.
307 days between Atlanta 2025 and Washington DC 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:04 behind 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 6 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:40 PB161/1462Beat 89%
↑ 307 days after Atlanta 2025 4:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:40 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:44 faster for everyone, so 4:04 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:44 faster This athlete1:40 faster -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:38 PB7/336Beat 98%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026, with Monica Jackson 8:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:53 faster for everyone, so 8:25 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:53 faster This pair12:18 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:56171/1034Beat 84%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:31:09159/273Beat 42%
↑ 119 days after Phoenix 2026 7:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:56 behind the field: 9:18 slower on the clock, against 1:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete9:18 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:51 PB363/634Beat 43%
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Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:2090/788Beat 89%
↑ 35 days after Boston 2025 7:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:35 faster for everyone, so 7:08 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete8:43 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:03500/1463Beat 66%
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Miami BeachDate unknownIndividual Open · Men2:02:56907/972Beat 7%