Progress against the field
From Anaheim 2025 to Salt Lake City 2026, Taylor Friend got 6:37 faster than the field.
The clock says 15:05 faster, but the races themselves got 8:28 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was New York 2026 → Salt Lake City 2026: 7:56 on the field in 114 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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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:59 PB55/973Beat 94%
↑ 114 days after New York 2026 7:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:56 slower for everyone and the clock still says 7:00 faster: 7:56 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 slower This athlete7:00 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:59154/1046Beat 85%
↑ 97 days after Las Vegas 2026 2:34 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:03 faster for everyone, so 2:34 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete0:29 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:28322/1739Beat 82%
↑ 22 days after Phoenix 2026 0:54 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:46 faster for everyone, so 0:54 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 faster This athlete0:52 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:20299/947Beat 68%
↑ 48 days after Anaheim 2025 2:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:09 better than the field: 6:44 faster on the clock, against 4:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete6:44 faster -
Anaheim12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:04553/1835Beat 70%