S Tier:
Sydney McLaughlin 400m Hurdles 50.68 WR - Absolutely demolished the world record, Sydney might be too good for this event what more can I say?
Armand Duplantis Pole Vault 6.21m WR - He cleared this with room to spare and outdoors. He flat out owns this event.
Tobi Amusan 100m Hurdles 12.06 (wind-aided) - Included in this ranking is also her 12.12 WR in the semifinal. She put on an impeccable form showcase as she seemingly accelerated with every set of hurdles.
Shericka Jackson 200m 21.45 - Fastest women alive, infringing upon Flo Jo territory, making a fool of Jonathan Gault? Absolutely S tier.
Noah Lyles 200m 19.31 AR - When he ran a 19.6 in the semi it was quite clear he still had another gear. Sure enough this performance from the finals is in the rare company of none other than Usain Bolt, Michael Johnson, and Yohan Blake.
A Tier:
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 100m 10.67 - This time would've stuck out a bit more a few years back but the absolute tear she and Thompson-Herah went on over the past two years does bump it down the list a bit. Nevertheless at the age of 35 what Fraser-Pryce continues to do is simply incredible. Just barely not S tier.
Jake Whightman 1500m 3:29.23 - It was very hot on this day yet the field went for a blistering pace. Going into the last lap it looked like Jacob Ingebrigtsen was going to repeat his Olympic glory, but a perfectly timed move down the backstretch from Whightman lead to this incredible upset. Absolutely the best race of the meet and one of the greatest ever period.
Faith Kipyegon 1500m 3:52.96 - An incredible showdown between Kipyegon Tsegay and Muir. Ultimately though it was Kipyegon once again asserting her dominance over this event.
Norah Jeruto 3000m Steeplechase 8:53.02 - Another incredible distance race from this championship. All though this run is #3 all time, the general lack of prestige in this event and the huge gap between this and the WR does put it lower than an initial glance would suggest.
Alison Dos Santos 400m Hurdles 46.29 - Along with Warholm and Benjamin, Dos Santos helped to take this event to new heights last year, and while not quite matching the huge standard Warholm set this is still a historically fast time.
Ryan Crouser Shot Put 22.94 - What a competition this was with Crouser and Kovacs trading blows throughout the event. Crouser would not be denied in the end with this huge effort.
Yulimar Rojas Triple Jump 15.47 - Not quite meeting her standard from last year but still in a league of her own with this historically far jump.
Team USA Women's 4x100 Relay 41.14 - Holy upset Batman! Perfect execution to defeat what on paper was a far superior Jamaican squad. The Jamaican Team was a disappointment with the speed and talent to break the WR, but the race didn't disappoint and team USA still did run the 5th fastest time ever.
B Tier
Gotytom Gebreslase Marathon 2:18:11 - Not being held in ideal conditions and with no pace makers this was a pretty amazing Marathon performance.
Team USA Women's 4x400 Relay 3:17.79 - #8 all time, a good ways off of the national or world standard but SYDNEY MF MCLAUGHLIN 47.91!!!! That split in itself would be ranked very high in A tier.
Team USA Men's 4x400 Relay 2:56.17 - Highlighted by Michael Norman's 43.62 and Bryce Deadmon's 43.82 splits. A good performance, #10 all time, but in an event where the US team is pretty much guaranteed to win with a sub 2:57 it doesn't stick out too much.
Nafissatou Thiam Heptathlon 6947 - The Olympic champ gets it done again with this performance representing the 16th best in history.
Men's 4x100m Relay Team Canada 37.48 - Andre Degrasse and Jerome Blake led another extraordinary upset in this event. Team USA managed to face plant yet again with multiple bad changeovers which opened the door for this new national record to take the gold.
Pedro Pichardo Triple Jump 17.95 - The Olympic champ gets it done again
Brooke Andersen Hammer 78.96 - A huge throw and a pretty big victory for the Americans in an unusual event for American athletes.
Tamirat Tola Marathon 2:05:36 - Another very fast marathon performance at these champs.
C Tier
Kevin Mayer Decathlon 8816 - A pretty good performance though the competition was hampered by an unfortunate injury to the Olympic champion during the 400m.
Fred Kerley 100m 9.86 - A bad start and a curious random loss of a step to the field (probably ankle related) made him look out of the race but the 400m speed endurance came through. Still a bit disappointing given several faster performances from Kerley and others this season.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen 5000m 13:09.24 - One of many distance races this championship that became sit and kick races because of the brutal heat. Cheptegei took the early lead and the pace initially seemed fast but then slowed as the heat took it's toll. Jakob did a Mo Farah Beijing impression twice going to get the water stationed on the straights. It came down to speed and Jakob used his 1500m pedigree to get his first world championship gold.
Letesenbet Gidey 10000m 30:09.94 - Another heat affected sit and kick race, though the pace was still pretty fast allowing Gidey who isn't know for her speed to power on to the gold.
Gudaf Tsegay 5000m 14:46.29 - Pretty similar to the men's race, even down to the best 1500m runner in the field having the tactics play right into their hand.
Athing Mu 800m 1:56.30 - A gritty performance to barely hold of Hodgkinson, though Mu's bewildering habit of running wide did nearly lose her the race.
Eleanor Patterson High Jump 2.02m - A pretty exciting competition that came down to the wire.
Katie Nageotte Pole Vault 4.85m - The competition between her and Morris came down to the wire and was pretty exciting.
Kristjan Čeh Discus Throw 71.13 - A championship record but otherwise not a super notable competition.
Mutaz Essa Barshim High Jump 2.37 - The co-Olympic champion took this pretty easily with a decent benchmark.
D Tier
Shaunae Miller Uibo 400m 49.11 - The Olympic champion gets it down again and gets some consolation for a question loss in 2019 against a doper.
Emmanuel Korir 800m 1:43.71 - Another sit and kick race, Korir with his 400m speed took this pretty easily.
Joshua Cheptegei 10000m 27:27.43 - Another sit and kick heat affected distance race. Cheptegei did what he couldn't do in Rio and one the last lap sprint this time.
Michael Norman 400m 44.29 - The slowest final this event has seen in awhile. Hopefully though Norman finally getting the Monkey off his back will break his pattern of under performing at the big meet.
Wang Jinan Long Jump 8.36m - Unfortunately with field event competitions coming down to the benchmarks many can be rather unnotable with this being the first such example on the list.
Anderson Peters Javelin 90.54m - It's been nice to see diversity increasing in this event over the last decade with champions from Kenya, Indian, and now Grenada.
Paweł Fajdek Hammer 81.98m - Rather standard hammer competition.
Malaika Mihambo Long Jump 7.12 - Rather standard long jump competition.
Chase Ealey Shot Put 20.49m - Rather standard shot put competition.
Soufiane El Bakkali 3000m Steeplechase 8:25.13
Kelsey-Lee Barber Javelin 66.91m - Rather standard javelin competition.
Feng Bin Discus 69.12m - Rather standard discus competition.
Mixed 4x400m Dominican Republic 3:09.82 - Mixed relays in track and field and swimming are kinda dumb. Just barely not F tier because of team USA's hubris to not put in their best team ending with a bunch of egg on their face is pretty funny to watch.
F Tier
Grant Holloway 110m Hurdles 13.03 - Gets what he couldn't do in Tokyo done. While the race itself wasn't all that exciting that's not the reason for F tier. An injury to the Olympic champion prior to the final put a damper on the event and then Devon Allen's stupid DQ with a reaction time .001 faster than a random arbitrary standard too the point that the slow motion replay couldn't even show any difference in his start from the rest of the field destroyed this race before it started. All in all this was an just embarrassment to the sport.
Toshikazu Yamanishi 20 kilometres walk 1:19:07
Massimo Stano 35 kilometres walk 2:23:14
Kimberly García 20 kilometres walk 1:26:58
Kimberly García 35 kilometres walk 2:39:16
This is the dumbest sport nothing more needs to be said
All in all a pretty great. world championships. Budapest has done a fantastic jump of hosting the world aquatics championship in 2017 and 2022 so hopefully they can deliver a great event for 2023.