Progress against the field
Between Chicago Navy Pier 2024 and New York 2026, Brian Rugghia lost 5:59 to the field.
The clock says 4:54 slower, but the races themselves got 1:05 quicker for everyone.
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
5 races · 5 events
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:36172/392Beat 56%
↑ 558 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 5:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:59 behind the field: 4:54 slower on the clock, against 1:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 faster This athlete4:54 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:2656/372Beat 85%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:42 PB345/814Beat 58%
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New York1 Jun 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:31 PB45/308Beat 85%
↑ 91 days after Washington - North American Championships 2024, with Jake White 1:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:31 faster for everyone, so 1:06 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:31 faster This pair5:25 faster -
Washington - North American Championships2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:08:5651/150Beat 66%