Progress against the field
Sarah Black and Ajah Polk have dropped 8:28 behind the field from Chicago 2025 to Washington DC 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 5:33 quicker, so 2:55 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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 Doubles Open · Women, with Ajah Polk, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 8 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Women1:06:1623/206Beat 89%
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Boston8 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:03213/1096Beat 81%
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Boston8 Oct 2026Relay · Mixed1:13:4023/85Beat 73%
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:16:44 PB30/722Beat 96%
↑ 133 days after New York 2026 3:33 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:55 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:33 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This athlete0:22 faster -
Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Women1:05:51 PB31/223Beat 86%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Women1:28:21164/395Beat 59%
↑ 153 days after Miami 2026, with Ajah Polk 8:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:48 faster for everyone: 8:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:48 faster This pair3:29 slower -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:52 PB83/575Beat 86%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:17:0623/367Beat 94%
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Miami3 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Women1:24:52 PB288/987Beat 71%
↑ 140 days after Chicago 2025, with Ajah Polk 0:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:45 faster for everyone, so 0:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:45 faster This pair0:34 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:13535/2139Beat 75%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Women1:25:26594/1539Beat 61%
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Dallas23 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:37:35233/329Beat 29%