Progress against the field
James Cantwell has gained 0:30 on the field from New York 2024 to Ottawa 2026.
The clock says 10:09 faster, but the races themselves got 9:39 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 363 days between Toronto 2024 and Toronto 2025, still ended 6:16 ahead of 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
9 races · 9 events
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Ottawa14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:39195/866Beat 78%
↑ 49 days after Houston 2026 2:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:30 behind the field: 0:49 slower on the clock, against 1:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:41 faster This athlete0:49 slower -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:50 PB193/1243Beat 85%
↑ 132 days after Chicago 2025 1:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:31 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:17 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete2:14 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:04346/1621Beat 79%
↑ 42 days after Toronto 2025 2:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:42 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:58 faster for everyone, so 2:16 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:58 faster This athlete1:42 faster -
Toronto3 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:46239/1264Beat 81%
↑ 363 days after Toronto 2024 6:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:16 better than the field: 6:23 faster on the clock, against 0:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This athlete6:23 faster -
Toronto5 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:09274/627Beat 56%
↑ 126 days after New York 2024 0:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 better than the field: 0:39 faster on the clock, against 0:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:22 faster This athlete0:39 faster -
New York1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:48434/895Beat 52%
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Gainful Anaheim19 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:00219/623Beat 65%
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Chicago11 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:31:15260/469Beat 45%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:22:00518/1544Beat 67%