Progress against the field
From Dallas 2024 to New York 2026, Denis McCarthy got 8:56 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 12:02 quicker, so 20:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
307 days between Dallas 2024 and Boston 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 12:57 better than 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 · Men1:22:27413/1067Beat 61%
↑ 209 days after Atlanta 2025 3:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:29 faster for everyone: 3:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete1:19 slower -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:08 PB192/788Beat 76%
↑ 35 days after Boston 2025 0:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:13 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete1:22 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:30481/1463Beat 67%
↑ 307 days after Dallas 2024 12:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:57 better than the field: 20:55 faster on the clock, against 7:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:58 faster This athlete20:55 faster -
New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:19:15 PB478/777Beat 39%
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Dallas23 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:43:25670/929Beat 28%