Progress against the field
Between Houston 2024 and Houston 2026, Ed Lai lost 14:00 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:18 quicker, so 5:42 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
376 days between Houston 2025 and Houston 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:41 behind 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:30299/653Beat 54%
↑ 376 days after Houston 2025 3:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:23 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:41 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:23 faster This athlete1:42 faster -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:12604/1005Beat 40%
↑ 364 days after Houston 2024 10:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:19 behind the field: 7:24 slower on the clock, against 2:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This athlete7:24 slower -
Houston16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:48 PB172/406Beat 58%