It is an amazing thing. The latest amazing part is that they're not just hanging on after some sort of hot streak. If anything, they're getting stronger:

Oct. 1: tied 6th, 4 points back
Nov. 1: 3rd, 3 points back
Dec. 1: tied 1st
Jan. 1: tied 1st
Feb. 1: 1st, 3 points up
Mar. 1: 1st, 2 points up
Apr. 1: 1st, 5 points up
May 1: 1st, 7 points up

In the last seven months, they only lost ground one month, and that was just one point.

"All of these men were good listeners; patient men."