Progress against the field
Mark Salas has dropped 1:51 behind the field from Anaheim 2025 to New York 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:11 quicker, so 4:20 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 5 events
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:42:22 PB748/1034Beat 28%
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:16:01210/654Beat 68%
↑ 363 days after New York 2025, with Ethan Lascelles 12:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:18 slower for everyone and the clock still says 10:49 faster: 12:07 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This pair10:49 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:31 PB166/427Beat 61%
↑ 167 days after Anaheim 2025 1:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:11 faster for everyone, so 1:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:11 faster This athlete4:20 faster -
Anaheim12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:51867/1835Beat 53%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:14:38 PB286/734Beat 61%
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New York30 May 2025Relay · Mixed1:30:0848/57Beat 16%
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New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:26:50234/302Beat 23%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:44:281226/1544Beat 21%