Progress against the field
Jeff Messer has gained 9:05 on the field from Chicago 2025 to New York 2026.
The clock says 16:37 faster, but the races themselves got 7:32 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Chicago 2025 → Las Vegas 2026: 5:44 in 98 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
3 races · 3 events
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:35 PB331/1067Beat 69%
↑ 97 days after Las Vegas 2026 3:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:21 better than the field: 6:24 faster on the clock, against 3:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete6:24 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:59614/1739Beat 65%
↑ 98 days after Chicago 2025 5:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:29 faster for everyone, so 5:44 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:29 faster This athlete10:13 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:12970/1621Beat 40%