Progress against the field
Between Chicago Navy Pier 2024 and New York 2026, Ryan Chen lost 9:23 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:38 quicker, so 5:45 slower 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 10:11 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:13434/1046Beat 59%
↑ 363 days after New York 2025 10:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:11 behind the field: 9:47 slower on the clock, against 0:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 faster This athlete9:47 slower -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:53 PB329/905Beat 64%
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New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:26 PB129/403Beat 68%
↑ 195 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 0:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 better than the field: 4:02 faster on the clock, against 3:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete4:02 faster -
Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:28379/814Beat 53%
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New York1 Jun 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:32:32 PB217/358Beat 39%