Progress against the field
From Atlanta 2025 to Houston 2026, Ernest Sherman got 3:53 faster than the field.
The clock says 8:11 faster, but the races themselves got 4:18 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
10 races · 8 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:27 PB512/1243Beat 59%
↑ 146 days after Atlanta 2025 3:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:53 better than the field: 8:11 faster on the clock, against 4:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:18 faster This athlete8:11 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:26:50673/1179Beat 43%
↑ 363 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024, with Aleksandra Miletic 0:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:10 slower for everyone: 0:59 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:10 slower This pair1:09 slower -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:38509/788Beat 35%
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Dallas23 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:29:39435/929Beat 53%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:41 PB234/390Beat 40%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Relay · Mixed1:26:1427/40Beat 33%
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Chicago11 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:31:00258/469Beat 45%
↑ 273 days after Chicago - North American Open Championship 2023 5:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:36 better than the field: 8:54 faster on the clock, against 3:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:18 faster This athlete8:54 faster -
Chicago11 Nov 2023Relay · Mixed1:17:009/15Beat 40%
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Chicago - North American Open Championship11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:39:54249/354Beat 30%
↑ 98 days after Chicago 2022 9:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:16 better than the field: 13:33 faster on the clock, against 4:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:17 faster This athlete13:33 faster -
Chicago5 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:53:27187/233Beat 20%