Progress against the field
Between New York 2024 and Washington DC 2026, Matthew Barnes pulled 30:11 ahead of the field.
The clock says 39:42 faster, but the races themselves got 9:31 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 363 days between New York 2024 and New York 2025, still ended 21:43 ahead of 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
4 races · 4 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:58 PB427/1462Beat 71%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026 14:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:17 better than the field: 17:52 faster on the clock, against 3:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:35 faster This athlete17:52 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:50379/556Beat 32%
↑ 363 days after New York 2025 5:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:25 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:24 faster for everyone: 5:49 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 faster This athlete5:25 slower -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:251062/1462Beat 27%
↑ 363 days after New York 2024 21:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:43 better than the field: 27:15 faster on the clock, against 5:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:32 faster This athlete27:15 faster -
New York1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men2:02:40818/895Beat 9%