Progress against the field
Ben Smith has gained 54:57 on the field from Houston 2025 to Miami 2026.
The clock says 1:03:48 faster, but the races themselves got 8:51 quicker for everyone.
195 days between Houston 2025 and Boston 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 42:13 better than the field.
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
8 races · 7 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:0595/459Beat 79%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:16:2797/257Beat 62%
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Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:52 PB910/1462Beat 38%
↑ 8 days after Houston 2026 3:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:51 faster for everyone, so 3:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This athlete5:04 faster -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:56786/1243Beat 37%
↑ 181 days after Boston 2025 9:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:26 faster for everyone, so 9:31 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:26 faster This athlete11:57 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:34:47652/734Beat 11%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:51:531253/1463Beat 14%
↑ 195 days after Houston 2025 42:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
46:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:34 faster for everyone, so 42:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:34 faster This athlete46:47 faster -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men2:38:40996/1005Beat 1%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:06:31 PB117/441Beat 74%