Progress against the field
From Las Vegas 2025 to Salt Lake City 2026, Matthew Smith got 6:17 faster than the field.
The clock says 17:15 faster, but the races themselves got 10:58 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 342 days between Houston 2025 and Las Vegas 2026, cost 16:44 on 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.
Every race
11 races · 10 events
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:31295/973Beat 70%
↑ 16 days after Washington DC 2026 13:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:24 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:01 slower for everyone: 13:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 slower This athlete16:24 slower -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:20:19 PB197/274Beat 28%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:07 PB106/1462Beat 93%
↑ 161 days after Houston 2026 25:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
29:14 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:57 faster for everyone, so 25:17 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:57 faster This athlete29:14 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:40:54 PB223/272Beat 18%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:21772/1243Beat 38%
↑ 34 days after Las Vegas 2026 0:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:35 faster for everyone, so 0:15 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 faster This athlete2:20 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:411202/1739Beat 31%
↑ 342 days after Houston 2025 16:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:26 faster for everyone: 16:44 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:26 faster This athlete12:18 slower -
Toronto3 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:27 PB58/623Beat 91%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Relay · Men1:26:4151/56Beat 9%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:23470/1005Beat 53%
↑ 42 days after Las Vegas 2025 11:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:22 better than the field: 14:23 faster on the clock, against 3:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete14:23 faster -
Las Vegas1 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:46336/462Beat 27%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:38:36419/494Beat 15%