Progress against the field
Between Atlanta 2025 and Boston 2026, Malik Key lost 4:42 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:09 quicker, so 1:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Salt Lake City 2026 → Boston 2026: 2:13 on the field in 19 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
17 races · 13 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men52:13 PB2/290Beat 99%
↑ 202 days after Miami 2026, with Tyler Rorrer 1:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:07 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:11 faster for everyone, so 1:04 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 faster This pair1:07 faster -
Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:1714/339Beat 96%
↑ 19 days after Salt Lake City 2026 2:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:12 faster for everyone, so 2:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:12 faster This athlete4:25 faster -
Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:05:4216/349Beat 95%
↑ 177 days after Houston 2026 4:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:27 faster for everyone: 4:52 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete4:25 slower -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Open · Mixed56:1177/825Beat 91%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men58:07258/704Beat 63%
↑ 209 days after Dallas 2025, with Juan Herrera 1:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 behind the field: 3:34 slower on the clock, against 1:59 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 slower This pair3:34 slower -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Miami3 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men53:203/284Beat 99%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:1710/353Beat 97%
↑ 125 days after Dallas 2025 0:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:24 faster for everyone, so 0:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 faster This athlete1:00 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed55:08 PB6/2139Beat 100%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men58:16 PB1/616Beat 100%
↑ 320 days after Houston 2025 3:07 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:33 faster for everyone, so 3:07 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:33 faster This athlete1:26 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed57:129/1504Beat 99%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men54:338/346Beat 98%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:02:177/320Beat 98%
↑ 21 days after Atlanta 2025 1:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:27 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:06 faster for everyone, so 1:39 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:06 faster This athlete0:27 faster -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:02:449/175Beat 95%
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New York30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:00:55 PB13/253Beat 95%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men59:423/1005Beat 100%
↑ 112 days after Dallas 2024 0:48 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:39 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:27 faster for everyone, so 0:48 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:27 faster This athlete2:39 faster -
Dallas23 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:02:212/929Beat 100%