Progress against the field
From Houston 2025 to Dallas 2025, Benjamin Higgins got 6:37 faster than the field.
The clock says 12:14 faster, but the races themselves got 5:37 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 195 days between Houston 2025 and Boston 2025, still ended 7:29 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:57 PB140/339Beat 59%
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:5622/321Beat 93%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:19 PB127/2139Beat 94%
↑ 266 days after New York 2025, with Taylor Mills 5:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:43 better than the field: 7:26 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This pair7:26 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:23 PB192/2078Beat 91%
↑ 56 days after Boston 2025 0:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 0:52 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:11 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:34147/1463Beat 90%
↑ 195 days after Houston 2025 7:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:29 better than the field: 12:03 faster on the clock, against 4:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:34 faster This athlete12:03 faster -
New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:45189/776Beat 76%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:37359/1005Beat 64%