Progress against the field
Between New York 2025 and New York 2026, Kelley Kovatis pulled 4:14 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:45 slower, so 2:29 faster on the clock looks worse than it was.
The biggest step was Phoenix 2026 → New York 2026: 9:07 on the field in 119 days.
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
7 races · 7 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Women1:06:15 PB7/695Beat 99%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Pro · Women1:17:36 PB51/312Beat 84%
↑ 119 days after Phoenix 2026 9:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:08 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:59 slower for everyone: 9:07 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 slower This athlete6:08 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Women1:23:44150/294Beat 49%
↑ 125 days after Boston 2025 6:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:27 behind the field: 5:55 slower on the clock, against 0:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:32 faster This athlete5:55 slower -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Women1:17:4952/159Beat 67%
↑ 119 days after New York 2025 1:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:42 faster for everyone, so 1:34 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete2:16 faster -
New York30 May 2025Individual Pro · Women1:20:0543/113Beat 62%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:13:29 PB28/599Beat 95%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Open · Women1:16:57110/893Beat 88%