Progress against the field
Between Atlanta 2025 and Washington DC 2026, Zach McLeod pulled 2:32 ahead of the field.
The clock says 13:36 faster, but the races themselves got 11:04 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Dallas 2025 → Houston 2026: 5:43 in 125 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
9 races · 7 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:07:41101/290Beat 65%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:50 PB55/626Beat 91%
↑ 161 days after Houston 2026 0:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:57 faster for everyone, so 0:31 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:57 faster This athlete3:26 faster -
Miami3 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:34 PB89/284Beat 69%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:1680/653Beat 88%
↑ 125 days after Dallas 2025 5:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:43 better than the field: 9:03 faster on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete9:03 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:56 PB78/372Beat 79%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:54 PB904/1504Beat 40%
↑ 21 days after Atlanta 2025, with Katie McLeod 11:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:14 faster for everyone, so 11:43 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This pair15:57 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:19783/2078Beat 62%
↑ 21 days after Atlanta 2025 2:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:47 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:40 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:47 faster This athlete1:07 faster -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:44:51501/582Beat 14%
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Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:26306/788Beat 61%