Progress against the field
From Toronto 2024 to Toronto 2026, Sam Baxter got 7:00 faster than the field.
The clock says 16:59 faster, but the races themselves got 9:59 quicker for everyone.
441 days between Toronto 2024 and Vancouver 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 9:47 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
10 races · 6 events
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men55:45 PB9/287Beat 97%
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Relay · Men59:422/52Beat 96%
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:00:53 PB1/545Beat 100%
↑ 285 days after Vancouver 2025 2:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:55 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:42 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:47 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:42 faster This athlete0:55 faster -
Ottawa14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men55:25 PB2/455Beat 100%
↑ 223 days after Toronto 2025, with Nate Kennedy 0:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:38 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:17 faster for everyone, so 0:21 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:17 faster This pair3:38 faster -
Ottawa14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:26 PB14/601Beat 98%
↑ 349 days after New York 2025, with Laura Sproule 3:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:58 better than the field: 5:16 faster on the clock, against 1:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This pair5:16 faster -
Vancouver20 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:01:484/1427Beat 100%
↑ 441 days after Toronto 2024 9:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:47 better than the field: 16:04 faster on the clock, against 6:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:17 faster This athlete16:04 faster -
Toronto3 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men59:034/721Beat 99%
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Toronto3 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:15:16 PB30/92Beat 67%
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New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:4255/709Beat 92%
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Toronto5 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:5270/416Beat 83%