Progress against the field
Between Phoenix 2026 and Ottawa 2026, Alvin Lam pulled 1:00 ahead of the field.
The clock says 4:38 faster, but the races themselves got 3:38 quicker for everyone.
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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 7 events
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Relay · Men1:09:1011/52Beat 79%
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:41 PB17/404Beat 96%
↑ 726 days after Toronto 2024, with Aaron Tran 1:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:44 better than the field: 5:07 faster on the clock, against 3:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This pair5:07 faster -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Relay · Men1:06:5618/76Beat 76%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:1452/444Beat 88%
↑ 161 days after Houston 2026, with Felix Ng 1:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 behind the field: 1:28 slower on the clock, against 0:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This pair1:28 slower -
Ottawa14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:11 PB45/281Beat 84%
↑ 49 days after Houston 2026 0:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:41 faster for everyone, so 0:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:41 faster This athlete1:30 faster -
Houston26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:4674/727Beat 90%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:41103/653Beat 84%
↑ 56 days after Phoenix 2026 1:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 better than the field: 3:08 faster on the clock, against 1:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete3:08 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:49333/947Beat 65%
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Toronto5 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:09:4835/179Beat 80%
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Miami BeachDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:06:5179/412Beat 81%