Progress against the field
Between Toronto 2024 and Toronto 2026, Paul Viau lost 26:21 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:11 quicker, so 19:10 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
349 days between New York 2025 and Ottawa 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 12:31 behind 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
4 races · 4 events
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men2:08:351042/1135Beat 8%
↑ 140 days after Ottawa 2026 12:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:57 behind the field: 9:37 slower on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete9:37 slower -
Ottawa14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:58:58782/866Beat 10%
↑ 349 days after New York 2025 12:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:31 behind the field: 12:53 slower on the clock, against 0:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:22 slower This athlete12:53 slower -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:05 PB1250/1462Beat 15%
↑ 237 days after Toronto 2024 0:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:13 faster for everyone, so 0:53 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:13 faster This athlete3:20 faster -
Toronto5 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:49:25525/627Beat 16%