Progress against the field
From Anaheim 2024 to New York 2026, Bruce Eckel got 2:25 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:54 quicker, so 10:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
363 days between New York 2025 and New York 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:37 behind the field.
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
7 races · 6 events
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:25:59424/654Beat 35%
↑ 726 days after New York 2024, with Joe Conner 0:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:05 slower on the clock, and the race was 2:03 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:03 slower This pair2:05 slower -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:44:15251/308Beat 19%
↑ 363 days after New York 2025 1:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 behind the field: 1:13 slower on the clock, against 0:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 faster This athlete1:13 slower -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:02 PB1210/1462Beat 17%
↑ 174 days after Anaheim 2024 4:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:02 better than the field: 11:32 faster on the clock, against 7:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:30 faster This athlete11:32 faster -
Anaheim7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:54:34480/607Beat 21%
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New York1 Jun 2024Doubles Open · Men1:23:54 PB250/308Beat 19%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:55:401392/1544Beat 10%
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New YorkDate unknownRelay · Mixed1:24:3317/24Beat 29%