Progress against the field
Between Chicago Navy Pier 2024 and Tampa 2026, David Bowman kept pace with the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:38 quicker, so 7:48 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 188 days between Dallas 2025 and New York 2026, cost 14:44 on 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
15 races · 10 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:05:10 PB73/290Beat 75%
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:23:49230/418Beat 45%
↑ 147 days after New York 2026 5:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:38 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:43 faster for everyone, so 5:55 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:43 faster This athlete10:38 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:34:27178/273Beat 35%
↑ 188 days after Dallas 2025 14:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:44 behind the field: 14:05 slower on the clock, against 0:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:39 faster This athlete14:05 slower -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:57388/1739Beat 78%
↑ 98 days after Chicago 2025 10:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:24 behind the field: 5:55 slower on the clock, against 4:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:29 faster This athlete5:55 slower -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:11:06154/346Beat 56%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:20:22140/320Beat 56%
↑ 175 days after New York 2025 1:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 behind the field: 2:35 slower on the clock, against 1:26 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete2:35 slower -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Relay · Men1:04:3720/71Beat 72%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:44 PB205/905Beat 77%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:02 PB173/1621Beat 89%
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New York30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:47 PB124/253Beat 51%
↑ 76 days after Houston 2025 5:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:08 better than the field: 8:56 faster on the clock, against 3:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This athlete8:56 faster -
New York30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:29:1255/80Beat 31%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:26:43152/226Beat 33%
↑ 42 days after Las Vegas 2025 2:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:03 behind the field: 0:47 slower on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete0:47 slower -
Las Vegas1 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:25:56138/213Beat 35%
↑ 77 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 7:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:22 slower for everyone and the clock still says 5:41 faster: 7:03 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete5:41 faster -
Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:31:37156/199Beat 22%
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Miami BeachDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:21:46118/208Beat 43%