Progress against the field
Between Chicago 2025 and Phoenix 2026, Cole Sager pulled 1:53 ahead of the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 1:45 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
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
2 races · 2 events
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:51 PB83/634Beat 87%
↑ 76 days after Chicago 2025 1:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:08 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:45 faster: 1:53 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:08 slower This athlete1:45 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:3648/268Beat 82%