Progress against the field
Eric Traister has gained 14:03 on the field from Chicago 2025 to Boston 2026.
The clock says 22:37 faster, but the races themselves got 8:34 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Chicago 2025 → Phoenix 2026: 12:08 in 76 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:34 PB448/1233Beat 64%
↑ 133 days after New York 2026 4:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, so 4:41 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete6:04 faster -
Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:35424/1438Beat 71%
↑ 211 days after Las Vegas 2026, with Annie Palmer 3:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:13 faster for everyone, so 3:24 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:13 faster This pair4:37 faster -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:01 PB35/336Beat 90%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:38685/1067Beat 36%
↑ 119 days after Phoenix 2026 2:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:10 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:46 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This athlete0:24 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:12968/2139Beat 55%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:02310/616Beat 50%
↑ 76 days after Chicago 2025 12:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:09 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:01 faster for everyone, so 12:08 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:01 faster This athlete16:09 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:111305/1621Beat 20%