Progress against the field
Between Chicago Navy Pier 2024 and Chicago 2025, Ben Schwartz pulled 2:50 ahead of the field.
The clock says 4:53 faster, but the races themselves got 2:03 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 195 days between Chicago Navy Pier 2024 and New York 2025, still ended 2:55 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
5 races · 5 events
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:4729/1621Beat 98%
↑ 168 days after New York 2025 0:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:16 slower on the clock, against 1:11 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:11 slower This athlete1:16 slower -
Toronto3 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:17 PB62/721Beat 91%
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New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:31 PB26/1462Beat 98%
↑ 195 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 2:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:09 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:14 faster for everyone, so 2:55 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete6:09 faster -
Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:4082/814Beat 90%
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Miami BeachDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:10:0766/972Beat 93%