Progress against the field
Between Sao Paulo 2025 and Fortaleza 2026, Marcus Barbosa pulled 2:12 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:22 quicker, so 12:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Rio de Janeiro 2025 → Fortaleza 2026: 3:40 in 91 days.
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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Sao Paulo25 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:16:50 PB92/118Beat 22%
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Fortaleza28 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:38 PB101/264Beat 62%
↑ 91 days after Rio de Janeiro 2025 3:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:05 faster for everyone, so 3:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:05 faster This athlete8:45 faster -
Rio de Janeiro29 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:23295/515Beat 43%
↑ 70 days after Sao Paulo 2025 1:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:17 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:28 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:17 faster This athlete3:49 faster -
Sao Paulo20 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:12230/383Beat 40%