Progress against the field
Between Houston 2025 and Houston 2026, Aaron Saldana lost 8:17 to the field.
The clock says 2:54 slower, but the races themselves got 5:23 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:34:19579/1034Beat 44%
↑ 244 days after Boston 2025, with Valerie Rios 9:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:34 behind the field: 9:07 slower on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair9:07 slower -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:43:44875/1243Beat 30%
↑ 376 days after Houston 2025 8:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:17 behind the field: 2:54 slower on the clock, against 5:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:23 faster This athlete2:54 slower -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:291297/2139Beat 39%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:12 PB708/1259Beat 44%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:50 PB692/1005Beat 31%