Progress against the field
Bobby Jones has gained 0:38 on the field from Houston 2025 to Chicago 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 3:54 quicker, so 4:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from New York 2025 → Chicago 2025: 4:10 in 168 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
5 races · 5 events
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New York28 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:54 PB132/455Beat 71%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:23 PB37/1621Beat 98%
↑ 168 days after New York 2025 4:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:11 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:59 faster: 4:10 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:11 slower This athlete2:59 faster -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:22118/1462Beat 92%
↑ 76 days after Houston 2025 3:32 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:05 faster for everyone, so 3:32 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:05 faster This athlete1:33 faster -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:5597/1005Beat 90%
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Washington - North American Championships2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:59125/498Beat 75%