Progress against the field
From Las Vegas 2025 to New York 2026, the field gained 1:36 on Brodie Birkel.
Over the same races everyone got 6:20 quicker, so 4:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
286 days between Las Vegas 2025 and Chicago 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:39 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
3 races · 3 events
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:28 PB170/392Beat 57%
↑ 195 days after Chicago 2025 4:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:02 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:17 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:15 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:17 faster This athlete0:02 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:30732/1621Beat 55%
↑ 286 days after Las Vegas 2025 2:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:39 better than the field: 4:42 faster on the clock, against 2:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:03 faster This athlete4:42 faster -
Las Vegas1 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:12377/689Beat 45%