Progress against the field
Between Chicago Navy Pier 2024 and Houston 2026, Joel Dembowski lost 4:17 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:23 quicker, so 2:54 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
362 days between Las Vegas 2025 and Phoenix 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:04 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 13 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:15:44143/418Beat 66%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:10:58615/704Beat 13%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:53648/767Beat 16%
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Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:2287/267Beat 67%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:07125/353Beat 65%
↑ 56 days after Phoenix 2026 0:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:26 behind the field: 0:33 slower on the clock, against 0:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 slower This athlete0:33 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:34262/634Beat 59%
↑ 362 days after Las Vegas 2025 2:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:52 faster for everyone, so 2:04 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete0:48 faster -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:06:42 PB11/56Beat 80%
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Las Vegas1 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:2283/213Beat 61%
↑ 77 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 1:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:47 behind the field: 3:09 slower on the clock, against 1:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete3:09 slower -
Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:14:13 PB77/199Beat 61%
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Houston16 Mar 2024Individual Pro · Men1:19:0426/82Beat 68%
↑ 119 days after Dallas 2023 3:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:24 behind the field: 1:12 slower on the clock, against 2:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:12 faster This athlete1:12 slower -
Dallas18 Nov 2023Individual Pro · Men1:17:5238/109Beat 65%
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Chicago11 Nov 2023Individual Pro · Men1:15:0850/113Beat 56%
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Miami BeachDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:15:5877/208Beat 63%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:21:35653/830Beat 21%