Progress against the field
Michael Smith has dropped 11:57 behind the field from New York 2024 to New York 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 8:00 quicker, so 3:57 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
244 days between Houston 2025 and Chicago 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:33 behind 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:38857/1067Beat 20%
↑ 195 days after Chicago 2025 2:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:25 better than the field: 6:42 faster on the clock, against 4:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:17 faster This athlete6:42 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:201309/1621Beat 19%
↑ 244 days after Houston 2025 1:33 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:08 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:33 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete0:35 faster -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:55812/1005Beat 19%
↑ 119 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 6:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:30 behind the field: 6:52 slower on the clock, against 0:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:22 slower This athlete6:52 slower -
Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:43:03640/814Beat 21%
↑ 168 days after New York 2024 6:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:19 behind the field: 4:22 slower on the clock, against 1:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete4:22 slower -
New York1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:41 PB617/895Beat 31%