Progress against the field
From New York 2024 to New York 2026, the field gained 1:50 on Brendan Donlon.
The clock says 7:01 faster, but the races themselves got 8:51 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 370 days between Chicago Navy Pier 2024 and Dallas 2025, cost 1:24 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.
Every race
9 races · 8 events
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New York28 May 2026Relay · Mixed1:02:249/121Beat 93%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:54 PB9/1067Beat 99%
↑ 188 days after Dallas 2025 0:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:21 faster for everyone, so 0:35 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:21 faster This athlete2:46 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:4033/2078Beat 98%
↑ 370 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 1:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:09 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:33 faster for everyone, so 1:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:33 faster This athlete2:09 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:01:03 PB22/224Beat 90%
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New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men58:05 PB14/777Beat 98%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:06:4932/814Beat 96%
↑ 168 days after New York 2024 0:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:57 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete2:06 faster -
New York1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:5555/895Beat 94%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:06:4581/1544Beat 95%
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New YorkDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:28:11118/372Beat 68%