Progress against the field
From Atlanta 2025 to Washington DC 2026, Tara Sikes has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The clock says 4:31 faster, but the races themselves got 4:39 quicker for everyone.
209 days between Atlanta 2025 and New York 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:31 behind 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Women1:35:11 PB294/774Beat 62%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026 6:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:23 better than the field: 12:07 faster on the clock, against 5:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:44 faster This athlete12:07 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:56437/1034Beat 58%
↑ 244 days after Boston 2025, with Chris Fults 1:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 behind the field: 0:43 slower on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair0:43 slower -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:47:18637/1098Beat 42%
↑ 209 days after Atlanta 2025 6:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:31 behind the field: 7:36 slower on the clock, against 1:05 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 slower This athlete7:36 slower -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:39:42341/660Beat 48%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:13 PB828/1259Beat 34%
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New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:42:24525/781Beat 33%
↑ 363 days after New York 2024 4:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:07 faster for everyone: 4:38 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:07 faster This athlete0:31 slower -
New York1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Women1:41:53336/592Beat 43%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Women1:51:56730/893Beat 18%