Progress against the field
Between Anaheim 2025 and Houston 2026, Matt Raftery lost 0:25 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:56 quicker, so 8:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Anaheim 2025 → Phoenix 2026: 2:34 on the field in 48 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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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:16 PB431/653Beat 34%
↑ 34 days after Las Vegas 2026 1:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:50 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 faster This athlete0:45 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:011319/1739Beat 24%
↑ 22 days after Phoenix 2026 1:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:46 faster for everyone, so 1:09 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 faster This athlete0:37 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:38763/947Beat 19%
↑ 48 days after Anaheim 2025 2:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:09 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:35 faster for everyone, so 2:34 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete7:09 faster -
Anaheim12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:53:471433/1835Beat 22%