Progress against the field
From Chicago 2025 to Phoenix 2026, Ross Shanken got 0:34 faster than the field.
The clock says 4:35 faster, but the races themselves got 4:01 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
5 races · 4 events
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New York28 May 2026Relay · Men1:09:4825/122Beat 80%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:31 PB10/616Beat 98%
↑ 76 days after Chicago 2025 0:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:01 faster for everyone, so 0:34 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:01 faster This athlete4:35 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:08725/1179Beat 39%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:0673/1621Beat 96%
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New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:31 PB116/709Beat 84%