Progress against the field
Between Phoenix 2026 and Salt Lake City 2026, Chad McDonald and Melissa McDonald lost 5:33 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:15 quicker, so 4:18 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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 · 3 events
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:32:45871/1438Beat 39%
↑ 177 days after Houston 2026, with Melissa McDonald 3:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:28 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:57 slower for everyone: 3:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 slower This pair4:28 slower -
Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:55 PB358/973Beat 63%
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Houston26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:17 PB599/1215Beat 51%
↑ 56 days after Phoenix 2026, with Melissa McDonald 2:02 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:12 faster for everyone, so 2:02 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:12 faster This pair0:10 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:27643/1059Beat 39%