Progress against the field
Zach Cygan has dropped 21:37 behind the field from Chicago Navy Pier 2024 to Tampa 2026.
The clock says 4:31 faster, but the races themselves got 26:08 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 314 days between Chicago Navy Pier 2024 and Boston 2025, cost 2:26 on the field.
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
28 races · 18 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men53:301/453Beat 100%
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men57:481/423Beat 100%
↑ 14 days after Boston 2026 4:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:16 faster for everyone: 4:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:16 faster This athlete1:51 slower -
Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men55:57 PB1/1233Beat 100%
↑ 7 days after Toronto 2026 0:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:19 faster on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete1:19 faster -
Boston8 Oct 2026Relay · Men53:321/57Beat 98%
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Boston8 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men52:28 PB1/261Beat 100%
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Boston8 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:26 PB10/255Beat 96%
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men57:161/252Beat 100%
↑ 28 days after Washington DC 2026 1:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:46 faster for everyone: 1:22 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete0:36 slower -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men53:481/258Beat 100%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026, with Kyle Bush 5:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:02 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:05 faster for everyone, which leaves this 5:03 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:05 faster This pair0:02 faster -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men56:401/626Beat 100%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026 2:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:21 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:14 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:35 faster This athlete1:21 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men53:501/574Beat 100%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men58:011/1046Beat 100%
↑ 55 days after Miami 2026 0:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 better than the field: 2:15 faster on the clock, against 2:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:05 faster This athlete2:15 faster -
Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:00:164/1462Beat 100%
↑ 8 days after Houston 2026 3:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:11 behind the field: 1:20 slower on the clock, against 1:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This athlete1:20 slower -
Houston26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men55:082/422Beat 100%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men58:561/653Beat 100%
↑ 56 days after Phoenix 2026 4:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:57 faster for everyone: 4:14 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete2:17 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Relay · Men59:212/10Beat 80%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men54:032/372Beat 100%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men56:391/947Beat 100%
↑ 76 days after Chicago 2025 1:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:36 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:01 faster for everyone, so 1:25 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:01 faster This athlete2:36 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men57:205/905Beat 99%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men59:153/1621Beat 100%
↑ 14 days after Atlanta 2025 2:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:04 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:51 faster for everyone: 2:55 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This athlete0:04 slower -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men59:111/788Beat 100%
↑ 35 days after Boston 2025 0:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:11 better than the field: 1:46 faster on the clock, against 1:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete1:46 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:00:579/1463Beat 99%
↑ 314 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 2:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:48 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:26 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This athlete1:22 faster -
Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:02:198/814Beat 99%
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Chicago11 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men1:02:2118/144Beat 88%
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Chicago - North American Open Championship11 Feb 2023Doubles Open · Men1:07:3526/90Beat 71%
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Chicago5 Nov 2022Doubles Open · Men1:13:4533/72Beat 54%
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Chicago26 Jun 2021Doubles Open · Men1:23:5814/24Beat 42%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:27:40 PB522/522Beat 0%
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Miami BeachDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:03:207/972Beat 99%