Progress against the field
Matt Wiitala has dropped 6:50 behind the field from Chicago 2025 to Las Vegas 2026.
The clock says 2:21 slower, but the races themselves got 4:29 quicker for everyone.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:3463/1739Beat 96%
↑ 98 days after Chicago 2025 6:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:50 behind the field: 2:21 slower on the clock, against 4:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:29 faster This athlete2:21 slower -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:13 PB33/1621Beat 98%
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Toronto3 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:58 PB43/623Beat 93%
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Las Vegas1 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:16:0280/213Beat 62%
↑ 77 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 0:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 0:24 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete1:46 slower -
Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:14:16 PB78/199Beat 61%