Progress against the field
Between Houston 2023 and Houston 2026, Chris Lyman pulled 14:31 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 14:06 quicker, so 28:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
615 days between Houston 2024 and Dallas 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:45 behind 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
5 races · 5 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:55525/1243Beat 58%
↑ 125 days after Dallas 2025 5:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:20 faster for everyone: 5:29 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete2:09 slower -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:46 PB921/2078Beat 56%
↑ 615 days after Houston 2024 2:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:05 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:50 faster for everyone, so 2:45 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:50 faster This athlete1:05 faster -
Houston16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:51183/406Beat 55%
↑ 119 days after Dallas 2023 10:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:55 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:24 faster for everyone, so 10:31 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:24 faster This athlete17:55 faster -
Dallas18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:46:46300/436Beat 31%
↑ 266 days after Houston 2023 12:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:46 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:28 slower for everyone: 12:14 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 slower This athlete11:46 faster -
Houston25 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:58:32170/199Beat 15%