Progress against the field
Between New York 2025 and Washington DC 2026, Irina Volchenkova pulled 4:52 ahead of the field.
The clock says 14:18 faster, but the races themselves got 9:26 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 209 days between Atlanta 2025 and New York 2026, cost 3:54 on 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
5 races · 5 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Women1:43:33 PB218/342Beat 36%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026 3:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:44 faster for everyone, so 3:55 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:44 faster This athlete9:39 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:53:12723/1098Beat 34%
↑ 209 days after Atlanta 2025 3:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:54 behind the field: 4:59 slower on the clock, against 1:05 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 slower This athlete4:59 slower -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:48:13442/660Beat 33%
↑ 35 days after Boston 2025 5:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:55 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:26 faster for everyone: 5:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:26 faster This athlete2:55 slower -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women1:45:18876/1290Beat 32%
↑ 119 days after New York 2025 10:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:12 better than the field: 12:33 faster on the clock, against 2:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete12:33 faster -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:57:51377/450Beat 16%