Progress against the field
Between Houston 2026 and Tampa 2026, Derek McKenzie pulled 9:35 ahead of the field.
The clock says 14:16 faster, but the races themselves got 4:41 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Houston 2026 → Washington DC 2026: 5:06 in 161 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
5 races · 5 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:55 PB62/1079Beat 94%
↑ 49 days after Washington DC 2026 4:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:44 faster for everyone, so 4:29 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:44 faster This athlete5:13 faster -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:08186/1462Beat 87%
↑ 161 days after Houston 2026 5:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:57 faster for everyone, so 5:06 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:57 faster This athlete9:03 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:09 PB98/365Beat 73%
↑ 119 days after Phoenix 2026, with Chris Lachney 17:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:21 better than the field: 18:14 faster on the clock, against 0:53 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This pair18:14 faster -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:11342/1243Beat 73%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:32:23326/372Beat 12%