Progress against the field
From Toronto 2024 to Ottawa 2026, Chris Buott got 1:00 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:05 quicker, so 7:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
363 days between Toronto 2024 and Toronto 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:19 better than 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
7 races · 5 events
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:42 PB15/726Beat 98%
↑ 363 days after Toronto 2025, with Tyler McDermid 1:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 better than the field: 4:55 faster on the clock, against 2:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This pair4:55 faster -
Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:27 PB80/404Beat 80%
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Ottawa14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:47 PB40/866Beat 95%
↑ 181 days after Chicago 2025 1:38 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:00 faster for everyone, so 1:38 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete0:22 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:0975/1621Beat 95%
↑ 42 days after Toronto 2025 3:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:58 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:41 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:58 faster This athlete0:17 faster -
Toronto3 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:3741/721Beat 94%
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Toronto3 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:2633/507Beat 94%
↑ 363 days after Toronto 2024 6:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:19 better than the field: 6:26 faster on the clock, against 0:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This athlete6:26 faster -
Toronto5 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:5297/627Beat 85%