Progress against the field
From Houston 2025 to Houston 2026, the field gained 2:55 on John Makanas.
Over the same races everyone got 11:13 quicker, so 8:18 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Houston 2025 → New York 2025: 11:26 on the field in 76 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 · Men1:20:34270/1243Beat 78%
↑ 34 days after Las Vegas 2026 8:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:08 behind the field: 5:33 slower on the clock, against 2:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 faster This athlete5:33 slower -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:01177/1739Beat 90%
↑ 91 days after Dallas 2025 1:44 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:09 faster for everyone, so 1:44 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete0:25 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:26304/2078Beat 85%
↑ 175 days after New York 2025 4:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:24 faster for everyone: 4:29 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 faster This athlete3:05 slower -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:21 PB189/1462Beat 87%
↑ 76 days after Houston 2025 11:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:26 better than the field: 16:31 faster on the clock, against 5:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:05 faster This athlete16:31 faster -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:52457/1005Beat 55%