Progress against the field
Between Vancouver 2025 and Toronto 2026, Michael Denman lost 6:44 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:00 quicker, so 1:44 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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
3 races · 3 events
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:49321/1135Beat 72%
↑ 140 days after Ottawa 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:20 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:20 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete3:20 faster -
Ottawa14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:09114/356Beat 68%
↑ 145 days after Vancouver 2025 6:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:44 behind the field: 5:04 slower on the clock, against 1:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:40 faster This athlete5:04 slower -
Vancouver20 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:05 PB354/1427Beat 75%