Progress against the field
Between Anaheim 2025 and Salt Lake City 2026, Casey Merritt pulled 2:42 ahead of the field.
The clock says 11:18 faster, but the races themselves got 8:36 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Houston 2026 → Salt Lake City 2026: 5:04 on the field in 177 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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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:01 PB128/973Beat 87%
↑ 177 days after Houston 2026 5:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:44 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:20 slower for everyone: 5:04 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete4:44 faster -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:45149/653Beat 77%
↑ 34 days after Las Vegas 2026 1:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:36 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 faster This athlete0:59 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:44516/1739Beat 70%
↑ 22 days after Phoenix 2026 2:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 better than the field: 4:06 faster on the clock, against 1:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 faster This athlete4:06 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:50494/947Beat 48%
↑ 48 days after Anaheim 2025 3:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:06 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete1:29 faster -
Anaheim12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:19645/1835Beat 65%