Progress against the field
From Phoenix 2026 to Tampa 2026, Joseph Swiatek got 5:09 faster than the field.
The clock says 11:31 faster, but the races themselves got 6:22 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Houston 2026 → New York 2026: 14:08 on the field in 63 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
6 races · 5 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:41 PB19/304Beat 94%
↑ 147 days after New York 2026 1:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:53 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:44 faster for everyone, so 1:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:44 faster This athlete0:53 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:07 PB63/365Beat 83%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:3423/392Beat 94%
↑ 63 days after Houston 2026 14:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:08 better than the field: 15:49 faster on the clock, against 1:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:41 faster This athlete15:49 faster -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:23222/653Beat 66%
↑ 56 days after Phoenix 2026 7:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:57 faster for everyone: 7:08 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete5:11 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:12341/947Beat 64%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:24:05633/905Beat 30%