Progress against the field
Between New York 2025 and New York 2026, Mike Zurek lost 2:03 to the field.
The clock says 2:01 faster, but the races themselves got 4:04 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 237 days between Toronto 2025 and New York 2026, cost 2:04 on 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
11 races · 6 events
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:35 PB10/399Beat 98%
↑ 363 days after Toronto 2025, with Chelsie Grant 2:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:06 better than the field: 6:38 faster on the clock, against 4:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:32 faster This pair6:38 faster -
Toronto1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men59:16 PB10/726Beat 99%
↑ 140 days after Ottawa 2026, with Jeff Fisher 0:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:41 better than the field: 1:55 faster on the clock, against 1:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:14 faster This pair1:55 faster -
New York28 May 2026Relay · Mixed1:05:1012/121Beat 90%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:52 PB73/1046Beat 93%
↑ 237 days after Toronto 2025 2:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:56 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:00 faster for everyone, so 2:04 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:00 faster This athlete3:56 faster -
Ottawa14 May 2026Relay · Mixed1:04:368/67Beat 88%
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Ottawa14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:1119/455Beat 96%
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Toronto3 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:1355/623Beat 91%
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Toronto3 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:4894/507Beat 82%
↑ 126 days after New York 2025 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:55 slower on the clock, against 1:56 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 slower This athlete1:55 slower -
New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:4041/777Beat 95%
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New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:53322/1462Beat 78%
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Toronto5 Oct 2024Relay · Mixed1:32:5733/41Beat 20%