Progress against the field
Between Atlanta 2025 and New York 2026, Bryan Volz pulled 9:03 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:25 quicker, so 12:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Anaheim 2025 → New York 2026: 10:05 on the field in 167 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
8 races · 6 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:15 PB46/276Beat 83%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:42 PB101/1230Beat 92%
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:12219/1034Beat 79%
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:14130/1053Beat 88%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:44 PB135/308Beat 56%
↑ 167 days after Anaheim 2025 10:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:05 better than the field: 16:16 faster on the clock, against 6:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:11 faster This athlete16:16 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Men1:22:23517/1006Beat 49%
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Anaheim12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:001135/1835Beat 38%
↑ 42 days after Atlanta 2025 1:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:02 behind the field: 3:48 slower on the clock, against 2:46 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:46 slower This athlete3:48 slower -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:12516/788Beat 35%