Progress against the field
Between Boston 2025 and Houston 2026, David Rouse lost 4:20 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:26 quicker, so 0:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Anaheim 2025 → Houston 2026: 7:15 in 104 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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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:04112/335Beat 67%
↑ 104 days after Anaheim 2025 7:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:15 better than the field: 12:51 faster on the clock, against 5:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:36 faster This athlete12:51 faster -
Anaheim12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:551024/1835Beat 44%
↑ 21 days after Dallas 2025 11:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:13 slower for everyone: 11:16 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 slower This athlete13:29 slower -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:26 PB792/2078Beat 62%
↑ 56 days after Boston 2025 0:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:19 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:44 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:10619/1463Beat 58%
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Monterrey5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:07327/750Beat 56%