Progress against the field
Between Boston 2025 and Boston 2026, Rod Jones kept pace with the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:27 quicker, so 3:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
244 days between Boston 2025 and New York 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:09 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
-
Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:12151/418Beat 64%
↑ 133 days after New York 2026 4:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:23 faster for everyone: 4:59 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete3:36 slower -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:36 PB178/556Beat 68%
↑ 244 days after Boston 2025 5:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:09 better than the field: 7:13 faster on the clock, against 2:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete7:13 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:49832/1463Beat 43%