Progress against the field
Between Atlanta 2025 and Washington DC 2026, Brittney Smith lost 5:10 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:48 quicker, so 1:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 217 days between Phoenix 2026 and Washington DC 2026, still ended 1:55 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
3 races · 3 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Women1:36:00 PB305/774Beat 61%
↑ 217 days after Phoenix 2026 1:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:55 better than the field: 4:57 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete4:57 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:40:57343/550Beat 38%
↑ 90 days after Atlanta 2025 7:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:46 faster for everyone: 7:05 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:46 faster This athlete3:19 slower -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:37:38313/660Beat 53%