Progress against the field
Between Shanghai 2025 and Shanghai 2026, James Zhao kept pace with the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:46 quicker, so 1:46 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 8 events
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Beijing10 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:00:57 PB35/226Beat 85%
↑ 68 days after Hangzhou 2026, with DA KANG LIU 1:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:08 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:29 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This pair4:39 faster -
Chengdu1 Aug 2026Relay · Mixed1:06:2421/277Beat 92%
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Chengdu1 Aug 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:3635/182Beat 81%
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Hangzhou4 Jul 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:05:3626/142Beat 82%
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Shanghai16 May 2026Relay · Mixed1:01:078/366Beat 98%
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Shanghai16 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:54 PB48/347Beat 86%
↑ 175 days after Shanghai 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:46 faster on the clock, against 1:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 faster This athlete1:46 faster -
Wuhan11 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:26 PB40/274Beat 85%
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Bangkok 120 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:04:1239/187Beat 79%
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Shanghai22 Nov 2025Relay · Men1:01:5618/112Beat 84%
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Shanghai22 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:15:4036/227Beat 84%
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Beijing16 Nov 2024Relay · Mixed1:15:1318/88Beat 80%
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Beijing16 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:19:2824/134Beat 82%