Progress against the field
Between Toronto 2024 and Toronto 2026, David Lai pulled 15:59 ahead of the field.
The clock says 24:48 faster, but the races themselves got 8:49 quicker for everyone.
363 days between Toronto 2024 and Toronto 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 11:38 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.
Every race
7 races · 4 events
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:25 PB192/726Beat 74%
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Relay · Men1:27:5937/52Beat 29%
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:32 PB241/545Beat 56%
↑ 140 days after Ottawa 2026 2:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:20 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:00 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete1:20 faster -
Ottawa14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:52487/866Beat 44%
↑ 223 days after Toronto 2025 6:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:21 better than the field: 11:43 faster on the clock, against 5:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:22 faster This athlete11:43 faster -
Toronto3 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:44:35832/1264Beat 34%
↑ 363 days after Toronto 2024 11:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:38 better than the field: 11:45 faster on the clock, against 0:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This athlete11:45 faster -
Toronto3 Oct 2025Relay · Men1:16:5126/40Beat 35%
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Toronto5 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:56:20364/416Beat 13%