Progress against the field
Between Boston 2025 and Miami 2026, Phillip Thomas lost 13:30 to the field.
The clock says 0:03 faster, but the races themselves got 13:33 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Boston 2025 → Atlanta 2025: 2:30 on the field in 35 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
9 races · 8 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:43:18 PB362/418Beat 13%
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Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:04475/1462Beat 68%
↑ 8 days after Houston 2026 4:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:51 faster for everyone: 4:11 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This athlete2:20 slower -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:44253/1243Beat 80%
↑ 34 days after Las Vegas 2026 0:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:35 faster for everyone, so 0:44 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 faster This athlete3:19 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:03480/1739Beat 72%
↑ 91 days after Dallas 2025 11:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:28 behind the field: 9:19 slower on the clock, against 2:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete9:19 slower -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:44 PB240/2078Beat 89%
↑ 7 days after Chicago 2025 1:05 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:32 faster for everyone, so 1:05 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:32 faster This athlete1:27 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:11179/1621Beat 89%
↑ 14 days after Atlanta 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:51 faster on the clock, against 2:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This athlete2:51 faster -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:33:56 PB404/582Beat 31%
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Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:02141/788Beat 82%
↑ 35 days after Boston 2025 2:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:35 faster for everyone, so 2:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete4:05 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:07467/1463Beat 68%