Progress against the field
Between Chicago Navy Pier 2024 and Phoenix 2026, James Conlon kept pace with the field.
The clock says 3:36 faster, but the races themselves got 3:39 quicker 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 5 events
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:57 PB411/1059Beat 61%
↑ 362 days after Las Vegas 2025, with Sheila Conlon 1:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:44 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:28 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This pair2:16 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:35639/947Beat 33%
↑ 439 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 0:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:36 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:39 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 faster This athlete3:36 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:20:54 PB252/346Beat 27%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:34:13 PB251/320Beat 22%
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Las Vegas1 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:13168/386Beat 57%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:39:11596/814Beat 27%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:25:00 PB629/1544Beat 59%