Progress against the field
Between Chicago 2025 and Houston 2026, Eric McMullan lost 6:38 to the field.
The clock says 7:21 slower, but the races themselves got 0:43 slower for everyone.
The biggest step was Chicago 2025 → Las Vegas 2026: 3:12 on the field in 98 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
3 races · 3 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:41:34276/353Beat 22%
↑ 34 days after Las Vegas 2026 9:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:37 faster for everyone: 9:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:37 faster This athlete9:13 slower -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Pro · Men1:32:21 PB263/394Beat 33%
↑ 98 days after Chicago 2025 3:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:20 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:52 faster: 3:12 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:20 slower This athlete1:52 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:34:13213/268Beat 21%