Progress against the field
Between Houston 2025 and Houston 2026, Matthew Hickok lost 0:46 to the field.
The clock says 7:22 faster, but the races themselves got 8:08 quicker for everyone.
251 days between Houston 2025 and Dallas 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:07 better than 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
6 races · 4 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:1168/1243Beat 95%
↑ 56 days after Phoenix 2026 4:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:57 faster for everyone: 4:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete2:09 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:02 PB60/947Beat 94%
↑ 69 days after Dallas 2025 0:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:32 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:19 faster for everyone, so 0:47 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 faster This athlete1:32 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:15:49 PB437/1269Beat 66%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:34115/2078Beat 95%
↑ 251 days after Houston 2025 4:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:07 better than the field: 7:59 faster on the clock, against 3:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete7:59 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Relay · Men1:09:3329/71Beat 59%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:33198/1005Beat 80%