Progress against the field
Between Dallas 2025 and Washington DC 2026, Sarah Benson lost 1:37 to the field.
The clock says 7:34 faster, but the races themselves got 9:11 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Dallas 2025 → Houston 2026: 3:33 in 125 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Women1:14:09 PB34/706Beat 95%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Women1:28:40239/1029Beat 77%
↑ 98 days after New York 2026 6:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:29 behind the field: 0:45 slower on the clock, against 5:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:44 faster This athlete0:45 slower -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:27:55 PB226/1098Beat 79%
↑ 63 days after Houston 2026 1:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:22 faster for everyone, so 1:19 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:22 faster This athlete1:41 faster -
Miami3 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:39 PB292/1477Beat 80%
↑ 189 days after Boston 2025, with Mitchell Coll 0:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:21 faster for everyone, so 0:29 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:21 faster This pair0:52 faster -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:29:36216/961Beat 78%
↑ 125 days after Dallas 2025 3:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:33 better than the field: 6:38 faster on the clock, against 3:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This athlete6:38 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:36:14705/1494Beat 53%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:31325/1259Beat 74%