Progress against the field
Between Chicago 2025 and Washington DC 2026, Jessica Leggett pulled 1:03 ahead of the field.
The clock says 4:23 faster, but the races themselves got 3:20 quicker for everyone.
195 days between Chicago 2025 and New York 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:03 better than 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 · Women1:10:10 PB14/1029Beat 99%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026 2:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:44 faster for everyone, so 2:00 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:44 faster This athlete3:44 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:13:5416/1098Beat 99%
↑ 195 days after Chicago 2025 3:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:39 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:24 slower for everyone: 3:03 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 slower This athlete0:39 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:14:3365/1127Beat 94%