Progress against the field
From New York 2025 to Phoenix 2026, Victor Purcell got 0:58 faster than the field.
The clock says 2:02 slower, but the races themselves got 3:00 slower 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
15 races · 15 events
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:36264/634Beat 58%
↑ 244 days after New York 2025 0:58 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:02 slower on the clock, but the race was 3:00 slower for everyone, so this was 0:58 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 slower This athlete2:02 slower -
New York30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:14:34 PB96/253Beat 62%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:25134/814Beat 84%
↑ 259 days after Washington - North American Championships 2024 2:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:25 behind the field: 0:55 slower on the clock, against 1:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:30 faster This athlete0:55 slower -
New York1 Jun 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:04:15 PB11/40Beat 73%
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Gainful Anaheim19 May 2024Individual Pro · Men1:17:5759/138Beat 57%
↑ 155 days after Los Angeles 2023 0:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 slower on the clock, and the race was 0:18 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 slower This athlete0:25 slower -
Washington - North American Championships2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:30110/498Beat 78%
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Los Angeles16 Dec 2023Individual Pro · Men1:17:3231/90Beat 66%
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Chicago5 Nov 2022Individual Pro · Men1:20:4827/70Beat 61%
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Las Vegas14 May 2022Individual Pro · Men1:21:36135/263Beat 49%
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New York5 Mar 2022Individual Pro · Men1:24:2521/62Beat 66%
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Los Angeles25 Sep 2021Individual Pro · Men1:26:3122/40Beat 45%
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OrlandoDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:28:2713/27Beat 52%
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Miami BeachDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:19:51105/208Beat 50%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:11:52 PB191/1544Beat 88%
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New YorkDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:23:1840/115Beat 65%