Progress against the field
Between Dallas 2025 and Miami 2026, Matthew Heins pulled 3:17 ahead of the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 3:02 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
The biggest step was Phoenix 2026 → Miami 2026: 2:27 on the field in 64 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
16 races · 14 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:07 PB7/654Beat 99%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:02:37 PB59/274Beat 79%
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Ottawa14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:25:57122/213Beat 43%
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Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:09 PB100/267Beat 63%
↑ 64 days after Phoenix 2026 2:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:01 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:26 faster: 2:27 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:01 slower This athlete1:26 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:20:35342/634Beat 46%
↑ 69 days after Dallas 2025 0:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:36 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:46 faster for everyone, so 0:50 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete1:36 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:22:11161/320Beat 50%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:09:1499/284Beat 65%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:22:37125/177Beat 29%
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Las Vegas1 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:20:0964/168Beat 62%
↑ 119 days after Toronto 2024 6:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:09 slower for everyone and the clock still says 6:35 faster: 6:44 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:09 slower This athlete6:35 faster -
Toronto5 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:26:44107/166Beat 36%
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Washington - North American Championships2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:04:06 PB34/150Beat 77%
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Washington - North American Championships2 Mar 2024Relay · Men56:181/15Beat 93%
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Chicago11 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:15:3977/469Beat 84%
↑ 371 days after Chicago 2022 7:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:01 behind the field: 0:39 slower on the clock, against 6:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:22 faster This athlete0:39 slower -
Houston25 Feb 2023Individual Pro · Men1:41:5957/69Beat 17%
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Chicago5 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:15:00 PB19/233Beat 92%
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New York1 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:23:5377/273Beat 72%