Progress against the field
Mike Vella has dropped 7:46 behind the field from Phoenix 2026 to Salt Lake City 2026.
The clock says 3:45 slower, but the races themselves got 4:01 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Las Vegas 2026 → Houston 2026: 6:45 on the field in 34 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 · 4 events
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:58174/322Beat 46%
↑ 177 days after Houston 2026 13:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:26 behind the field: 13:46 slower on the clock, against 0:20 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete13:46 slower -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:12 PB138/653Beat 79%
↑ 34 days after Las Vegas 2026 6:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:45 better than the field: 9:20 faster on the clock, against 2:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 faster This athlete9:20 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:32806/1739Beat 54%
↑ 22 days after Phoenix 2026 1:05 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:41 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:46 faster for everyone, so 1:05 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 faster This athlete0:41 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:13570/947Beat 40%