Progress against the field
From Houston 2024 to Houston 2026, the field gained 41:17 on Dave Coombe.
The clock says 27:18 slower, but the races themselves got 13:59 quicker for everyone.
252 days between Houston 2024 and Dallas 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:14 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men2:31:291216/1243Beat 2%
↑ 125 days after Dallas 2025 19:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:17 behind the field: 15:57 slower on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete15:57 slower -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men2:15:321995/2078Beat 4%
↑ 251 days after Houston 2025 23:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:15 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:52 faster for everyone: 23:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete19:15 slower -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:56:17 PB866/1005Beat 14%
↑ 112 days after Dallas 2024 6:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:27 faster for everyone, so 6:21 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:27 faster This athlete9:48 faster -
Dallas23 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men2:06:05869/929Beat 7%
↑ 252 days after Houston 2024 5:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:14 behind the field: 1:54 slower on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete1:54 slower -
Houston16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men2:04:11367/406Beat 10%
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Los Angeles16 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men2:01:14373/404Beat 8%
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Dallas18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men2:33:26429/436Beat 2%
↑ 266 days after Houston 2023 21:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:10 behind the field: 21:38 slower on the clock, against 0:28 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 slower This athlete21:38 slower -
Houston25 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men2:11:48182/199Beat 9%