Progress against the field
From Houston 2025 to Houston 2026, Stephen Levall has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
Over the same races everyone got 5:39 quicker, so 5:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 244 days between Houston 2025 and Chicago 2025, still ended 4:06 ahead of the field.
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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
18 races · 16 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:53153/1243Beat 88%
↑ 132 days after Chicago 2025 4:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:15 behind the field: 0:44 slower on the clock, against 3:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete0:44 slower -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:09154/653Beat 76%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:22:22163/320Beat 49%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:09177/1621Beat 89%
↑ 244 days after Houston 2025 4:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:06 better than the field: 6:14 faster on the clock, against 2:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete6:14 faster -
Houston15 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:59 PB112/749Beat 85%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:23283/1005Beat 72%
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Houston16 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:00:45 PB8/140Beat 94%
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Fort Lauderdale24 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:099/372Beat 98%
↑ 105 days after Chicago 2023 0:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:29 slower on the clock, against 0:34 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 slower This athlete0:29 slower -
Chicago11 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:07:4021/469Beat 96%
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Houston25 Feb 2023Individual Pro · Men1:17:1220/69Beat 71%
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Dallas19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:06:29 PB2/243Beat 99%
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Las Vegas14 May 2022Individual Pro · Men1:16:1876/263Beat 71%
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Dallas20 Nov 2021Individual Pro · Men1:23:1223/62Beat 63%
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WorldChampionship - Leipzig11 Sep 2021Individual Pro · Men1:14:45 PB47/117Beat 60%
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U.S. Championships of Fitness 2021 - ChicagoDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:23:3317/45Beat 62%
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AustinDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:26:1617/37Beat 54%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:29:08754/830Beat 9%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:32:17410/432Beat 5%