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Beisel vs McIntosh

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BeiselWinner
81.7

Beisel wins: Longevity

McIntosh
81.7

McIntosh wins: Dominance, Peak, Statistics

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Verdict

Weighted GOAT score
🇺🇸 Elizabeth Beisel
81.7

Beisel leads in 2 of 5 weighted categories. Two Olympic medals in London and a world 400m medley title in 2011.

1. Elizabeth Beisel
81.7
2. Summer McIntosh
81.7

Category breakdown

Season form · Form index per season

Career timeline · Form index per season

Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.

GOAT pace tracker

Career stage · GOAT pace

Through season 5 · Form index per season
1. 🇨🇦 Summer McIntosh5 seasons played · career day 2,5561,363.5 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇺🇸 Elizabeth Beisel5 seasons played · career day 2,19120 major golds
-98.5% vs McIntosh at the same stage
Ghost race · career day30100365100018253650
🇺🇸 Beisel00021529
🇨🇦 McIntosh00008231,363.5

Careers are aligned at debut, so a rookie's first 5 seasons are measured against the same window in a legend's career — Yamal against Messi at the same age-stage, a tour rookie against Tiger Woods in 1996.

MetricBeiselRetiredMcIntoshActive
Olympic medals26
World Championship golds17
Pan Pacific titles3
US titles7
Olympic Games contested3
Olympic golds4
World records4
400 m medley record (s)270
Commonwealth golds2
Dominance w25%8084
Peak w20%8892
Longevity w20%7462
Honours w20%8282
Statistics w15%8690

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GOAT Rank · the data
Beisel81.7
McIntosh81.7
The people
Beisel
McIntosh

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