Progress against the field
From Vancouver 2025 to Salt Lake City 2026, the field gained 6:04 on Dustin Needham.
The clock says 1:04 slower, but the races themselves got 5:00 quicker for everyone.
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
22 races · 14 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:15:07 PB135/418Beat 68%
↑ 14 days after Boston 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:44 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:44 faster This athlete2:44 faster -
Tampa22 Oct 2026Relay · Men58:507/62Beat 89%
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:51139/339Beat 59%
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:427/973Beat 99%
↑ 177 days after Houston 2026 4:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:28 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:20 slower for everyone: 4:08 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete4:28 slower -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:14 PB6/1243Beat 100%
↑ 34 days after Las Vegas 2026 0:27 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:08 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:35 faster for everyone, so 0:27 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 faster This athlete2:08 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:21 PB23/2139Beat 99%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:2213/1739Beat 99%
↑ 22 days after Phoenix 2026 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:47 faster on the clock, against 1:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 faster This athlete1:47 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Relay · Mixed53:251/25Beat 96%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:1822/1059Beat 98%
↑ 69 days after Dallas 2025, with Delaney Nelson 1:42 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:13 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:42 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This pair0:31 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:0931/947Beat 97%
↑ 40 days after Vancouver 2025 1:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 behind the field: 0:31 slower on the clock, against 0:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:59 faster This athlete0:31 slower -
Vancouver20 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:3822/1427Beat 99%
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Anaheim12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:3470/1394Beat 95%
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Anaheim12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:2717/1835Beat 99%
↑ 21 days after Dallas 2025 1:14 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 slower on the clock, but the race was 2:13 slower for everyone, so this was 1:14 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 slower This athlete0:59 slower -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:4961/1504Beat 96%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:2842/2078Beat 98%
↑ 7 days after Chicago 2025 2:07 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:32 faster for everyone, so 2:07 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:32 faster This athlete0:25 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:389/1179Beat 99%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:5321/1621Beat 99%
↑ 14 days after Atlanta 2025 2:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:01 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:51 faster for everyone, so 2:50 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This athlete0:01 faster -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:5413/788Beat 98%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:4346/1005Beat 95%
↑ 42 days after Las Vegas 2025 2:42 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:01 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:42 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete0:19 faster -
Las Vegas1 Feb 2025Relay · Mixed1:06:553/38Beat 92%
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Las Vegas1 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:0230/689Beat 96%
↑ 70 days after Dallas 2024 1:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 better than the field: 2:59 faster on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete2:59 faster -
Dallas23 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:0151/929Beat 95%