Progress against the field
Between Chicago 2025 and Phoenix 2026, Matt Ludy lost 2:24 to the field.
The clock says 1:37 faster, but the races themselves got 4:01 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
7 races · 6 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:58:17 PB512/535Beat 4%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Relay · Mixed1:21:5691/221Beat 59%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:34:02 PB1431/2139Beat 33%
↑ 70 days after Anaheim 2025, with Tina Ludy 3:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:21 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:43 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:21 faster This pair0:38 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men2:13:39588/616Beat 5%
↑ 76 days after Chicago 2025 2:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:01 faster for everyone, so 2:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:01 faster This athlete1:37 faster -
Anaheim12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:34:40888/1394Beat 36%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men2:15:161560/1621Beat 4%
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Miami BeachDate unknownIndividual Open · Men2:15:12944/972Beat 3%