Progress against the field
From Dallas 2025 to Houston 2026, Eric Wood and Taren Merritt got 7:24 faster than the field.
The clock says 13:09 faster, but the races themselves got 5:45 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Dallas 2025 → Phoenix 2026: 8:08 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
5 races · 5 events
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:53 PB80/282Beat 72%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:21 PB58/1215Beat 95%
↑ 34 days after Las Vegas 2026, with Taren Merritt 0:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:55 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:38 faster for everyone, so 0:43 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This pair2:55 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:16213/2139Beat 90%
↑ 22 days after Phoenix 2026, with Taren Merritt 0:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:07 slower on the clock, against 0:06 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 slower This pair0:07 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:0965/298Beat 78%
↑ 69 days after Dallas 2025, with Taren Merritt 8:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:08 better than the field: 10:21 faster on the clock, against 2:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This pair10:21 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:30577/1504Beat 62%