Progress against the field
Between Washington DC 2026 and Tampa 2026, Matt Baker pulled 26:40 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:44 quicker, so 27:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 · Men1:29:09 PB510/1079Beat 53%
↑ 49 days after Washington DC 2026 26:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
27:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:44 faster for everyone, so 26:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:44 faster This athlete27:24 faster -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:56:331232/1462Beat 16%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:47 PB726/2139Beat 66%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:49:03 PB593/634Beat 7%
↑ 244 days after New York 2025 24:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:02 faster on the clock in a race that was 3:00 slower for everyone: 24:02 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 slower This athlete21:02 faster -
New York30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men2:10:05251/253Beat 1%