Progress against the field
Elijah Watson has gained 5:30 on the field from Atlanta 2025 to Houston 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 8:03 quicker, so 13:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Phoenix 2026 → Houston 2026: 3:43 on the field in 56 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
7 races · 5 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:22 PB27/727Beat 96%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:58 PB66/1243Beat 95%
↑ 56 days after Phoenix 2026 3:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:40 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:57 faster for everyone, so 3:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete5:40 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Relay · Mixed1:11:0914/25Beat 44%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:3896/616Beat 84%
↑ 69 days after Dallas 2025 2:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 better than the field: 4:32 faster on the clock, against 2:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 faster This athlete4:32 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:10527/2078Beat 75%
↑ 21 days after Atlanta 2025 0:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:21 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:47 faster for everyone, so 0:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:47 faster This athlete3:21 faster -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:31232/788Beat 71%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:00755/1005Beat 25%