Progress against the field
Sam Nelson has gained 3:19 on the field from Sydney 2025 to Auckland 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 2:47 slower, so 0:32 faster on the clock looks worse 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
4 races · 3 events
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Auckland29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:02 PB25/483Beat 95%
↑ 362 days after Auckland 2025, with Jessica Pyke 3:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:24 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:44 slower for everyone: 3:08 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:44 slower This pair2:24 faster -
Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:15:56 PB56/251Beat 78%
↑ 209 days after Sydney 2025 3:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:32 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:47 slower for everyone: 3:19 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:47 slower This athlete0:32 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Men1:16:28124/333Beat 63%
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Auckland1 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:2652/523Beat 90%