Progress against the field
From Chicago 2023 to Phoenix 2026, Jacob Novak got 3:43 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:41 quicker, so 7:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 734 days between Chicago 2023 and Chicago 2025, still ended 6:21 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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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:19 PB249/947Beat 74%
↑ 76 days after Chicago 2025 2:38 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:01 faster for everyone, so 2:38 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:01 faster This athlete1:23 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:42331/1621Beat 80%
↑ 734 days after Chicago 2023 6:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:20 slower for everyone and the clock still says 6:01 faster: 6:21 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete6:01 faster -
Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:29:20 PB273/390Beat 30%
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Chicago11 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:25:43197/469Beat 58%