Progress against the field
David Poltorak has dropped 8:30 behind the field from Houston 2023 to Chicago Navy Pier 2024.
The clock says 2:46 faster, but the races themselves got 11:16 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 266 days between Houston 2023 and Dallas 2023, cost 1:48 on 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
10 races · 9 events
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:30:21 PB754/905Beat 17%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:07536/814Beat 34%
↑ 168 days after New York 2024 5:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:37 better than the field: 7:34 faster on the clock, against 1:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete7:34 faster -
New York1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:42:41674/895Beat 25%
↑ 91 days after Washington - North American Championships 2024 12:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:16 faster for everyone: 12:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:16 faster This athlete10:11 slower -
Washington - North American Championships2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:30 PB324/498Beat 35%
↑ 105 days after Dallas 2023 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 7:39 faster on the clock, against 7:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:31 faster This athlete7:39 faster -
Dallas18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:40:09243/436Beat 44%
↑ 266 days after Houston 2023 1:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:28 slower for everyone: 1:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 slower This athlete2:16 slower -
Houston25 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:37:53120/199Beat 40%
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New York1 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:38:01175/273Beat 36%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:36:111005/1544Beat 35%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownRelay · Mixed1:18:4543/85Beat 49%
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New YorkDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:58:16322/372Beat 13%