Progress against the field
Sean Donohue has dropped 8:48 behind the field from Anaheim 2025 to Salt Lake City 2026.
The clock says 5:49 slower, but the races themselves got 2:59 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was New York 2026 → Salt Lake City 2026: 9:20 on the field in 114 days.
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
7 races · 6 events
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:47:40297/349Beat 15%
↑ 114 days after New York 2026 9:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:20 better than the field: 9:57 faster on the clock, against 0:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:37 faster This athlete9:57 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:57:37244/273Beat 11%
↑ 119 days after Phoenix 2026 22:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:42 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 22:20 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete23:42 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:13 PB187/298Beat 37%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:33:55 PB496/634Beat 22%
↑ 48 days after Anaheim 2025 4:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:44 faster for everyone, so 4:12 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete7:56 faster -
Anaheim12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:41:51227/265Beat 14%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:17 PB782/2078Beat 62%
↑ 293 days after Las Vegas 2025 1:32 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:33 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:05 faster for everyone, so 1:32 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:05 faster This athlete2:33 faster -
Las Vegas1 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:50292/689Beat 58%