Progress against the field
From Chicago 2021 to Chicago 2025, Alex Gerage got 19:35 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 16:56 quicker, so 36:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The field was beaten in 4 of 5 comparisons.
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
7 races · 7 events
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:51 PB663/1621Beat 59%
↑ 363 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 4:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:26 faster for everyone, so 4:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 faster This athlete4:35 faster -
Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:26494/814Beat 39%
↑ 371 days after Chicago 2023 0:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:42 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:37 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:37 faster This athlete2:42 faster -
Chicago11 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:35:08298/469Beat 37%
↑ 273 days after Chicago - North American Open Championship 2023 2:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:18 faster for everyone, so 2:17 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:18 faster This athlete5:35 faster -
Chicago - North American Open Championship11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:40:43250/354Beat 29%
↑ 98 days after Chicago 2022 2:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:21 better than the field: 6:38 faster on the clock, against 4:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:17 faster This athlete6:38 faster -
Chicago5 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:47:21172/233Beat 26%
↑ 497 days after Chicago 2021 10:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:43 better than the field: 17:01 faster on the clock, against 6:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:18 faster This athlete17:01 faster -
Chicago26 Jun 2021Individual Open · Men2:04:2288/97Beat 9%
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Chicago25 Jan 2020Doubles Open · Men1:59:54 PB—Beat 1%