Progress against the field
From Dallas 2025 to Salt Lake City 2026, Mike Pickels got 10:37 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:12 quicker, so 12:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
211 days between Las Vegas 2026 and Salt Lake City 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 38:53 better than 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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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men2:33:57 PB953/973Beat 2%
↑ 211 days after Las Vegas 2026 38:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
38:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:03 faster for everyone, so 38:53 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:03 faster This athlete38:56 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men3:12:531737/1739Beat 0%
↑ 91 days after Dallas 2025 28:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
28:16 behind the field: 26:07 slower on the clock, against 2:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete26:07 slower -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men2:46:462055/2078Beat 1%