Progress against the field
Ross Sorensen has gained 4:55 on the field from Chicago 2025 to Houston 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 5:58 quicker, so 10:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Chicago 2025 → Phoenix 2026: 4:09 in 76 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 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:52 PB86/1053Beat 92%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:45 PB19/653Beat 97%
↑ 56 days after Phoenix 2026 0:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 better than the field: 2:43 faster on the clock, against 1:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete2:43 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:28108/947Beat 89%
↑ 76 days after Chicago 2025 4:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:09 better than the field: 8:10 faster on the clock, against 4:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:01 faster This athlete8:10 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:38325/1621Beat 80%