Progress against the field
From Dallas 2024 to Houston 2026, Joseph Pope got 0:55 faster than the field.
The clock says 14:47 faster, but the races themselves got 13:52 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 188 days between Dallas 2024 and New York 2025, still ended 5:28 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:05969/1243Beat 22%
↑ 125 days after Dallas 2025 4:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:07 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:20 faster for everyone: 4:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete1:07 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:26:13 PB594/1059Beat 44%
↑ 320 days after Houston 2025, with Katie Pope 2:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:34 better than the field: 5:48 faster on the clock, against 3:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This pair5:48 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:47:58 PB1670/2078Beat 20%
↑ 175 days after New York 2025 0:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:24 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 faster This athlete1:18 faster -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:16341/403Beat 15%
↑ 188 days after Dallas 2024 5:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:36 faster on the clock, and the race was 9:08 faster for everyone, so 5:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →9:08 faster This athlete14:36 faster -
Houston15 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:32:01530/749Beat 29%
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Dallas23 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men2:03:52860/929Beat 7%