Progress against the field
Joshua STEELESMITH has gained 2:46 on the field from Riga 2025 to Rome 2026.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 2:27 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
The biggest step was Warsaw 2026 → Rome 2026: 2:46 on the field in 160 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.
Every race
6 races · 5 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:53138/362Beat 62%
↑ 160 days after Warsaw 2026 2:46 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 slower on the clock, but the race was 3:49 slower for everyone, so this was 2:46 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:49 slower This athlete1:03 slower -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:03:03 PB107/273Beat 61%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:50 PB283/556Beat 49%
↑ 320 days after Riga 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:30 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete3:30 faster -
Riga31 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:16:2040/94Beat 57%
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Abu DhabiDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:13:1472/231Beat 69%
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Abu DhabiDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:13:3641/125Beat 67%