Progress against the field
Matthew Smith has dropped 0:20 behind the field from Houston 2025 to Tampa 2026.
The clock says 11:40 faster, but the races themselves got 12:00 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Washington DC 2026 → Boston 2026: 3:39 in 35 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:30609/1079Beat 44%
↑ 14 days after Boston 2026 5:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:57 behind the field: 3:41 slower on the clock, against 2:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:16 faster This athlete3:41 slower -
Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:49 PB550/1233Beat 55%
↑ 35 days after Washington DC 2026 3:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:11 faster for everyone, so 3:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:11 faster This athlete4:50 faster -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:39782/1462Beat 47%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026 2:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:06 better than the field: 5:41 faster on the clock, against 3:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:35 faster This athlete5:41 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:20617/1046Beat 41%
↑ 439 days after Houston 2025 0:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 4:50 faster on the clock, against 4:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:58 faster This athlete4:50 faster -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:10759/1005Beat 25%