Progress against the field
From Boston 2025 to Boston 2026, the field gained 1:10 on Adam Saks.
Over the same races everyone got 2:50 quicker, so 1:40 faster 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 5 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:40 PB268/1233Beat 78%
↑ 377 days after Boston 2025 1:10 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:40 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:50 faster for everyone, so 1:10 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:50 faster This athlete1:40 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:20478/1463Beat 67%
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New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:29 PB133/777Beat 83%
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New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:51 PB70/709Beat 90%
↑ 363 days after New York 2024, with Jessica Saks 15:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:56 better than the field: 21:05 faster on the clock, against 5:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:09 faster This pair21:05 faster -
New York1 Jun 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:29:56195/358Beat 46%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:11:1293/761Beat 88%