Progress against the field
Between Houston 2024 and Houston 2026, Eric McClendon lost 21:59 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 13:47 quicker, so 8:12 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
300 days between New York 2025 and Houston 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 22:46 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 · Men1:40:57808/1243Beat 35%
↑ 300 days after New York 2025 22:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
22:46 behind the field: 20:51 slower on the clock, against 1:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete20:51 slower -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:06 PB487/1462Beat 67%
↑ 76 days after Houston 2025 14:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:29 better than the field: 19:34 faster on the clock, against 5:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:05 faster This athlete19:34 faster -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:40678/1005Beat 33%
↑ 112 days after Dallas 2024 13:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:27 faster for everyone, so 13:36 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:27 faster This athlete17:03 faster -
Dallas23 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:56:43811/929Beat 13%
↑ 252 days after Houston 2024 27:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:58 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:20 faster for everyone: 27:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete23:58 slower -
Houston16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:45211/406Beat 48%