Progress against the field
Sam Rao has dropped 0:53 behind the field from Washington - North American Championships 2024 to New York 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 7:00 quicker, so 6:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
19 races · 12 events
-
Tampa22 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed59:315/291Beat 98%
↑ 49 days after Washington DC 2026, with Alex Shabo 2:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:39 behind the field: 0:47 slower on the clock, against 1:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 faster This pair0:47 slower -
Tampa22 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:188/290Beat 97%
-
Boston8 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed57:58 PB3/373Beat 99%
-
Boston8 Oct 2026Relay · Mixed58:003/85Beat 97%
-
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed58:443/654Beat 100%
-
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:01444/825Beat 46%
-
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:59371/704Beat 47%
↑ 140 days after Phoenix 2026, with Joshua Gonzalez 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:46 slower on the clock, against 1:46 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This pair1:46 slower -
New York28 May 2026Relay · Men58:525/121Beat 96%
-
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men54:44 PB2/654Beat 100%
-
New York28 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:15 PB16/409Beat 96%
-
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Relay · Mixed56:124/37Beat 89%
-
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men58:1324/246Beat 90%
-
Dallas21 Nov 2025Relay · Men54:294/71Beat 94%
-
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:09:46 PB44/320Beat 86%
-
Boston26 Sep 2025Relay · Men53:061/56Beat 98%
-
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:20 PB64/1462Beat 96%
↑ 454 days after Washington - North American Championships 2024 0:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:07 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:00 faster for everyone, so 0:53 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:00 faster This athlete6:07 faster -
Washington - North American Championships2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:27108/498Beat 78%
-
New York5 Mar 2022Individual Open · Men1:21:4440/177Beat 77%
-
Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:13:24239/1544Beat 85%