Progress against the field
From Chicago 2025 to Washington DC 2026, the field gained 2:33 on Sydney Scherer.
The clock says 0:47 faster, but the races themselves got 3:20 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 195 days between Chicago 2025 and New York 2026, still ended 1:51 ahead of the field.
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
4 races · 3 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Women1:15:23 PB36/774Beat 95%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026 4:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:44 faster for everyone, so 4:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:44 faster This athlete1:20 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:28 PB104/1034Beat 90%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:16:4315/295Beat 95%
↑ 195 days after Chicago 2025 1:51 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:33 slower on the clock, but the race was 2:24 slower for everyone, so this was 1:51 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 slower This athlete0:33 slower -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:16:1082/1127Beat 93%