Progress against the field
Between New York 2025 and Washington DC 2026, Michael Schaefer lost 3:16 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:29 quicker, so 4:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
286 days between Dallas 2025 and Washington DC 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:25 behind 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
8 races · 7 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:22 PB48/418Beat 89%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:16 PB93/1230Beat 92%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:436/327Beat 98%
↑ 286 days after Dallas 2025 6:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:51 faster for everyone: 6:25 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:51 faster This athlete1:34 slower -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:44 PB20/409Beat 95%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:00:09 PB6/2078Beat 100%
↑ 56 days after Boston 2025 1:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:06 better than the field: 2:09 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete2:09 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:1815/1463Beat 99%
↑ 119 days after New York 2025 2:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:38 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:35 faster for everyone, so 2:03 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete3:38 faster -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:5628/1462Beat 98%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:16:48338/1544Beat 78%