Progress against the field
Between New York 2024 and Chicago 2025, Chris DeSalvo lost 1:29 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:43 quicker, so 2:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was New York 2024 → Chicago Navy Pier 2024: 3:08 on the field in 168 days.
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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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:57170/1621Beat 90%
↑ 244 days after Houston 2025 0:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:53 better than the field: 3:01 faster on the clock, against 2:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete3:01 faster -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:58210/1005Beat 79%
↑ 119 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 5:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:30 behind the field: 5:52 slower on the clock, against 0:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:22 slower This athlete5:52 slower -
Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:06 PB87/814Beat 89%
↑ 168 days after New York 2024 3:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:57 faster for everyone, so 3:08 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete5:05 faster -
New York1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:11184/895Beat 79%