Progress against the field
Between Boston 2025 and Houston 2026, Chris Gray lost 3:57 to the field.
The clock says 0:26 faster, but the races themselves got 4:23 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Dallas 2025 → Houston 2026: 2:34 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
4 races · 3 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:10 PB28/653Beat 96%
↑ 125 days after Dallas 2025 2:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:34 better than the field: 5:54 faster on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete5:54 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:04380/2078Beat 82%
↑ 56 days after Boston 2025 6:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:31 behind the field: 5:28 slower on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete5:28 slower -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Relay · Men59:2712/71Beat 83%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:36124/1463Beat 92%