Progress against the field
Between New York 2025 and Salt Lake City 2026, Richard Essig and Paige Chardavoyne lost 2:50 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:48 quicker, so 0:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
244 days between New York 2025 and Phoenix 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:21 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. The summary above covers Doubles Open · Mixed, with Paige Chardavoyne, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 9 events
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:3892/1438Beat 94%
↑ 233 days after Phoenix 2026, with Paige Chardavoyne 1:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:22 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:07 faster for everyone: 1:29 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This pair1:22 slower -
Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:15:2091/349Beat 74%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:04:04 PB70/368Beat 81%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:16 PB83/1059Beat 92%
↑ 244 days after New York 2025, with Paige Chardavoyne 1:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:41 faster for everyone, so 1:21 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:41 faster This pair2:20 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:04:5956/284Beat 80%
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New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:3681/709Beat 89%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:10:53 PB58/199Beat 71%
↑ 42 days after Toronto 2024 4:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:01 faster for everyone, so 4:48 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 faster This athlete6:49 faster -
Toronto5 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:17:4269/166Beat 58%
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Chicago11 Nov 2023Individual Pro · Men1:11:5341/113Beat 64%
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Chicago5 Nov 2022Individual Pro · Men1:19:4525/70Beat 64%