Progress against the field
From Dallas 2024 to Phoenix 2026, Ryan Bayless got 4:41 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 14:05 quicker, so 18:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 188 days between Dallas 2024 and New York 2025, still ended 11:54 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
9 races · 8 events
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:48 PB25/368Beat 93%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:0462/947Beat 94%
↑ 69 days after Dallas 2025 6:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:57 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:19 faster for everyone: 6:16 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 faster This athlete3:57 slower -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:07 PB24/2078Beat 99%
↑ 56 days after Boston 2025 4:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 4:50 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete5:53 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:00:2028/284Beat 90%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:00100/1463Beat 93%
↑ 119 days after New York 2025 5:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:12 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:35 faster for everyone: 5:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete4:12 slower -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:4827/1462Beat 98%
↑ 188 days after Dallas 2024 11:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:02 faster on the clock, and the race was 9:08 faster for everyone, so 11:54 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →9:08 faster This athlete21:02 faster -
Dallas23 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:50366/929Beat 61%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:49284/814Beat 65%