Progress against the field
From Chicago 2025 to New York 2026, the field gained 30:12 on Michael Balaski.
The clock says 25:55 slower, but the races themselves got 4:17 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:20:26 PB212/459Beat 54%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men2:00:41361/427Beat 16%
↑ 195 days after Chicago 2025 30:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
30:12 behind the field: 25:55 slower on the clock, against 4:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:17 faster This athlete25:55 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:21:40239/372Beat 36%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:46 PB922/1621Beat 43%