Progress against the field
Chet Kowalski has dropped 19:21 behind the field from Dallas 2025 to New York 2026.
The clock says 13:24 slower, but the races themselves got 5:57 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Dallas 2025 → Phoenix 2026: 5:05 on the field in 69 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
4 races · 4 events
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men2:04:201012/1067Beat 5%
↑ 63 days after Houston 2026 1:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:55 behind the field: 0:14 slower on the clock, against 1:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:41 faster This athlete0:14 slower -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men2:04:061108/1243Beat 11%
↑ 56 days after Phoenix 2026 22:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
20:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:57 faster for everyone: 22:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete20:34 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:43:32 PB736/947Beat 22%
↑ 69 days after Dallas 2025 5:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 better than the field: 7:24 faster on the clock, against 2:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 faster This athlete7:24 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:50:561735/2078Beat 17%