Progress against the field
Between Anaheim 2024 and Salt Lake City 2026, Joey Merrill lost 6:22 to the field.
The clock says 6:57 faster, but the races themselves got 13:19 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 189 days between Boston 2025 and Miami 2026, still ended 3:11 ahead of 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
8 races · 8 events
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:2546/973Beat 95%
↑ 114 days after New York 2026 3:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:26 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:56 slower for everyone: 3:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 slower This athlete4:26 slower -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:59 PB44/1067Beat 96%
↑ 55 days after Miami 2026 0:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:05 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:16 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:05 faster This athlete1:49 faster -
Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:4882/1462Beat 94%
↑ 189 days after Boston 2025 3:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:11 better than the field: 6:16 faster on the clock, against 3:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This athlete6:16 faster -
Mexico City7 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:22:11150/395Beat 62%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:04202/1463Beat 86%
↑ 119 days after New York 2025 9:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:11 behind the field: 7:36 slower on the clock, against 1:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete7:36 slower -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:2847/1462Beat 97%
↑ 174 days after Anaheim 2024 3:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:24 better than the field: 10:54 faster on the clock, against 7:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:30 faster This athlete10:54 faster -
Anaheim7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:2284/607Beat 86%
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Miami BeachDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:04:31 PB53/412Beat 87%