AP5000
Welcome to the LR clown show, where everything is about your time except when it's convenient to switch it to the place you finished. When has someone ever asked you idiots how you finished in a Mary and you responded with "322nd place"? Of course not. You responded with 3:42. The only thing that matters if you don't finish first is time (i.e. did you PRl and he beat his last Comrades time. So, no, he's not on par. He did better that par.