Progress against the field
Between Atlanta 2025 and Boston 2026, Austin Rhea pulled 11:14 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:59 quicker, so 13:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 252 days between Phoenix 2026 and Boston 2026, still ended 2:13 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 · 4 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:24:29 PB191/339Beat 44%
↑ 252 days after Phoenix 2026 2:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:51 faster for everyone, so 2:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:51 faster This athlete3:04 faster -
Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:27:33432/634Beat 32%
↑ 90 days after Atlanta 2025 9:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:01 better than the field: 10:09 faster on the clock, against 1:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:08 faster This athlete10:09 faster -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:37:42144/175Beat 18%