Progress against the field
From New York 2024 to New York 2026, Adam Connell and Gretchen Thomas got 5:47 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:07 quicker, so 11:54 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 363 days between New York 2024 and New York 2025, still ended 10:57 ahead of 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. The summary above covers Doubles Open · Mixed, with Gretchen Thomas, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 8 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:52102/327Beat 69%
↑ 293 days after Chicago 2025 4:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:01 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:22 faster for everyone: 4:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This athlete1:01 slower -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:23201/1034Beat 81%
↑ 363 days after New York 2025, with Gretchen Thomas 5:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:10 behind the field: 4:12 slower on the clock, against 0:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:58 faster This pair4:12 slower -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:36:43 PB209/272Beat 23%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Relay · Mixed1:15:0035/97Beat 64%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:51 PB296/1621Beat 82%
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New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:11 PB199/709Beat 72%
↑ 363 days after New York 2024, with Gretchen Thomas 10:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:09 faster for everyone, so 10:57 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →5:09 faster This pair16:06 faster -
New York1 Jun 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:17203/358Beat 43%
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New York1 Jun 2024Relay · Mixed1:19:5226/52Beat 50%
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Mexico City20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:53:12310/438Beat 29%
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Washington - North American Championships2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:5269/142Beat 51%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:17:23235/761Beat 69%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownRelay · Mixed1:10:4215/85Beat 82%