Progress against the field
Between Toronto 2025 and Ottawa 2026, Paul Franks pulled 6:21 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:58 quicker, so 12:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
181 days between Chicago 2025 and Ottawa 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:35 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
4 races · 4 events
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:28:11 PB249/404Beat 38%
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Ottawa14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:54124/281Beat 56%
↑ 181 days after Chicago 2025 4:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:00 faster for everyone: 4:35 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete2:35 slower -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:19 PB722/1621Beat 56%
↑ 42 days after Toronto 2025 10:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:56 better than the field: 14:54 faster on the clock, against 3:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:58 faster This athlete14:54 faster -
Toronto3 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:44:13821/1264Beat 35%