Progress against the field
Scott Oakes has gained 4:58 on the field from Toronto 2024 to Toronto 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:17 quicker, so 11:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Chicago 2025 → Toronto 2026: 5:09 in 321 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
3 races · 3 events
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:15 PB176/1135Beat 85%
↑ 321 days after Chicago 2025 5:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:09 better than the field: 8:22 faster on the clock, against 3:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:13 faster This athlete8:22 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:37552/1621Beat 66%
↑ 405 days after Toronto 2024 0:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:53 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:04 faster for everyone, so 0:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:04 faster This athlete2:53 faster -
Toronto5 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:30280/627Beat 55%