Progress against the field
From Vancouver 2025 to Toronto 2026, David Smyth got 3:44 faster than the field.
The clock says 9:06 faster, but the races themselves got 5:22 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Vancouver 2025 → Phoenix 2026: 10:57 on the field in 40 days.
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 Open · Men1:38:07154/252Beat 39%
↑ 140 days after Ottawa 2026 3:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:32 behind the field: 0:12 slower on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete0:12 slower -
Ottawa14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:55198/356Beat 44%
↑ 105 days after Phoenix 2026 3:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:38 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 3:41 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete2:38 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:17 PB340/616Beat 45%
↑ 40 days after Vancouver 2025 10:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:57 better than the field: 11:56 faster on the clock, against 0:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:59 faster This athlete11:56 faster -
Vancouver20 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:47:131066/1427Beat 25%