Progress against the field
Between Anaheim 2024 and Las Vegas 2026, Mateo Vargas pulled 7:35 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:38 quicker, so 14:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 418 days between Anaheim 2024 and Phoenix 2026, still ended 8:05 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
3 races · 3 events
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:48 PB385/1739Beat 78%
↑ 22 days after Phoenix 2026 0:30 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:46 faster for everyone, so 0:30 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 faster This athlete1:16 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:04339/947Beat 64%
↑ 418 days after Anaheim 2024 8:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:52 faster for everyone, so 8:05 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:52 faster This athlete12:57 faster -
Anaheim7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:01288/607Beat 53%