Progress against the field
Between Boston 2025 and Boston 2026, Steven sullivan lost 8:06 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:45 slower, so 8:51 slower on the clock looks worse than it was.
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
6 races · 5 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Relay · Mixed1:20:2936/85Beat 58%
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:44:06289/339Beat 15%
↑ 377 days after Boston 2025 8:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:45 slower for everyone: 8:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:45 slower This athlete8:51 slower -
New York28 May 2026Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:35:15 PB205/249Beat 18%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:54 PB205/814Beat 75%
↑ 259 days after Washington - North American Championships 2024 13:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:30 faster for everyone, so 13:53 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:30 faster This athlete15:23 faster -
Washington - North American Championships2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:17348/498Beat 30%