Progress against the field
Paul Fitzpatrick has dropped 20:23 behind the field from Chicago 2023 to Phoenix 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:16 quicker, so 14:07 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 439 days between Chicago Navy Pier 2024 and Phoenix 2026, cost 17:53 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
14 races · 8 events
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:22145/364Beat 60%
↑ 363 days after New York 2025, with Kayla Fitzpatrick 6:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:22 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:58 faster for everyone: 6:20 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:58 faster This pair5:22 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Relay · Men51:181/23Beat 96%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:55154/947Beat 84%
↑ 439 days after Chicago Navy Pier 2024 17:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:53 behind the field: 14:14 slower on the clock, against 3:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 faster This athlete14:14 slower -
New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:00 PB375/709Beat 47%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Relay · Men54:133/18Beat 83%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men59:41 PB4/814Beat 100%
↑ 371 days after Chicago 2023 2:30 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:37 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:30 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:37 faster This athlete0:07 faster -
New York1 Jun 2024Individual Pro · Men1:09:10 PB13/136Beat 90%
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Chicago11 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men59:481/469Beat 100%
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Chicago11 Nov 2023Relay · Men56:302/12Beat 83%
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Los Angeles10 Nov 2022Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Los Angeles10 Nov 2022Doubles Open · Men56:12 PB1/71Beat 99%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownRelay · Men53:561/88Beat 99%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownDoubles Open · Men56:1413/795Beat 98%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:01:2018/1544Beat 99%