Progress against the field
From Chicago Navy Pier 2024 to Atlanta 2025, Michael Cates got 3:43 faster than the field.
The clock says 6:06 faster, but the races themselves got 2:23 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.
Every race
5 races · 4 events
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Relay · Mixed1:08:0824/221Beat 89%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Men1:19:46 PB429/1006Beat 57%
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Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:25 PB305/788Beat 61%
↑ 349 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 3:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 better than the field: 6:06 faster on the clock, against 2:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:23 faster This athlete6:06 faster -
Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:31496/814Beat 39%
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Miami BeachDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:28:23467/972Beat 52%