Progress against the field
Between New York 2025 and Washington DC 2026, Melissa Starks and Paola Holbrook lost 4:34 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:09 quicker, so 4:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from New York 2026 → Washington DC 2026: 2:21 in 98 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
6 races · 5 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Women1:18:36 PB75/395Beat 81%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026, with Paola Holbrook 2:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:21 better than the field: 7:37 faster on the clock, against 5:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:16 faster This pair7:37 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Women1:26:13283/1048Beat 73%
↑ 195 days after Chicago 2025, with Paola Holbrook 0:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:12 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:12 faster This pair0:06 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Relay · Women1:28:3737/80Beat 54%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Women1:26:19622/1539Beat 60%
↑ 168 days after New York 2025, with Paola Holbrook 6:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:49 behind the field: 3:08 slower on the clock, against 3:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:41 faster This pair3:08 slower -
New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Women1:23:11335/830Beat 60%
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Washington D.C. Open North American ChampionshipsDate unknownRelay · Mixed1:24:3950/85Beat 41%