Progress against the field
Between Chicago Navy Pier 2024 and Las Vegas 2026, Cole Nelson pulled 4:03 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:58 faster, but the races themselves got 4:55 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 363 days between Chicago Navy Pier 2024 and Chicago 2025, still ended 5:00 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:07:58 PB40/404Beat 90%
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Relay · Men1:07:0210/61Beat 84%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Relay · Men1:16:4136/92Beat 61%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:02:07 PB9/1739Beat 100%
↑ 98 days after Chicago 2025 0:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:32 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:29 faster for everyone, so 0:57 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:29 faster This athlete3:32 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:3919/1621Beat 99%
↑ 363 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 5:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:00 better than the field: 5:26 faster on the clock, against 0:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 faster This athlete5:26 faster -
Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:0573/814Beat 91%