Progress against the field
From Chicago 2025 to New York 2026, the field gained 0:29 on Saagar Mehta.
The clock says 3:48 faster, but the races themselves got 4:17 quicker for everyone.
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
2 races · 2 events
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men2:14:00 PB393/427Beat 8%
↑ 195 days after Chicago 2025 0:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:48 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:17 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:29 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:17 faster This athlete3:48 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men2:17:481570/1621Beat 3%