Progress against the field
Between Anaheim 2025 and Salt Lake City 2026, Thomas Owen pulled 3:46 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:00 quicker, so 6:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 233 days between Phoenix 2026 and Salt Lake City 2026, still ended 3:51 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
4 races · 3 events
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:21 PB24/349Beat 93%
↑ 233 days after Phoenix 2026 3:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:44 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:07 faster: 3:51 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:44 slower This athlete3:07 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:28119/634Beat 81%
↑ 48 days after Anaheim 2025 0:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:44 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete3:39 faster -
Anaheim12 Dec 2025Relay · Mixed1:28:3232/69Beat 54%
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Anaheim12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:13:0754/265Beat 80%