Progress against the field
Between Dallas 2025 and Washington DC 2026, Nia Smith pulled 2:39 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:44 quicker, so 8:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Dallas 2025 → Miami 2026: 10:39 in 133 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
3 races · 3 events
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Individual Open · Women1:40:06495/1029Beat 52%
↑ 153 days after Miami 2026 8:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:00 behind the field: 3:12 slower on the clock, against 4:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:48 faster This athlete3:12 slower -
Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:36:54 PB627/1320Beat 53%
↑ 133 days after Dallas 2025 10:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:56 faster for everyone, so 10:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This athlete11:35 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:48:291044/1494Beat 30%