Progress against the field
Between Houston 2024 and Houston 2026, Cole Barbe pulled 3:01 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:26 faster, but the races themselves got 5:25 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Dallas 2025 → Houston 2026: 4:53 on the field in 125 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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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:10:44 PB67/353Beat 81%
↑ 125 days after Dallas 2025 4:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:24 faster for everyone, so 4:53 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 faster This athlete6:17 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:01108/320Beat 66%
↑ 251 days after Houston 2025 1:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 behind the field: 1:01 slower on the clock, against 0:50 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:50 faster This athlete1:01 slower -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:16:0075/226Beat 67%
↑ 364 days after Houston 2024 0:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:11 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete3:10 faster -
Houston16 Mar 2024Individual Pro · Men1:19:1028/82Beat 66%
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Los Angeles16 Dec 2023Individual Pro · Men1:22:2043/90Beat 52%