Progress against the field
From Houston 2024 to Houston 2026, Alex Walker got 29:09 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:18 quicker, so 37:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 376 days between Houston 2025 and Houston 2026, still ended 4:29 ahead of 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
3 races · 3 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:13 PB401/1243Beat 68%
↑ 376 days after Houston 2025 4:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:29 better than the field: 9:52 faster on the clock, against 5:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:23 faster This athlete9:52 faster -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:05602/1005Beat 40%
↑ 364 days after Houston 2024 24:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
27:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:55 faster for everyone, so 24:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This athlete27:35 faster -
Houston16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men2:02:40359/406Beat 12%