Progress against the field
From Chicago 2025 to New York 2026, James Hanton got 8:07 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:32 quicker, so 15:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Chicago 2025 → Las Vegas 2026: 8:12 on the field in 98 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 5 events
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:10:0877/200Beat 62%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:29 PB94/274Beat 66%
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:24 PB62/654Beat 91%
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:26 PB622/1053Beat 41%
↑ 97 days after Las Vegas 2026, with Savannah Scarlett 7:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:53 faster for everyone, so 7:31 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:53 faster This pair9:24 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:20 PB50/308Beat 84%
↑ 97 days after Las Vegas 2026 0:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:03 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete2:58 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:34:501468/2139Beat 31%
↑ 98 days after Chicago 2025, with Savannah Scarlett 0:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:08 faster for everyone, so 0:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This pair1:57 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:18317/1739Beat 82%
↑ 98 days after Chicago 2025 8:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:41 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:29 faster for everyone, so 8:12 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:29 faster This athlete12:41 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:36:47952/1179Beat 19%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:17:14445/905Beat 51%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Relay · Men1:49:5050/52Beat 4%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:59813/1621Beat 50%