Progress against the field
Nate Nelson has dropped 13:15 behind the field from Beijing I 2026 to Beijing 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 9:48 quicker, so 3:27 slower 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
10 races · 7 events
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Beijing10 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:14 PB46/339Beat 86%
↑ 173 days after Beijing I 2026 1:10 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:10 faster for everyone, so 1:10 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This athlete2:00 faster -
Beijing10 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:5011/369Beat 97%
↑ 152 days after Wuhan 2026 13:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:43 behind the field: 2:12 slower on the clock, against 11:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →11:31 faster This athlete2:12 slower -
Hangzhou4 Jul 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:08:55 PB40/142Beat 72%
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Wuhan11 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:384/486Beat 99%
↑ 21 days after Beijing I 2026 0:28 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:43 slower for everyone, so this was 0:28 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 slower This athlete1:15 slower -
Beijing I21 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:23 PB18/1267Beat 99%
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Beijing I21 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:21 PB72/532Beat 87%
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Beijing I21 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:1424/275Beat 91%
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Taipei28 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:0216/852Beat 98%
↑ 98 days after Shanghai 2025 5:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:01 better than the field: 5:48 faster on the clock, against 0:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This athlete5:48 faster -
Shanghai22 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:5050/914Beat 95%
↑ 91 days after Beijing 2025 0:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 better than the field: 5:04 faster on the clock, against 4:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:47 faster This athlete5:04 faster -
Beijing23 Aug 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:5470/609Beat 89%