Progress against the field
Between Anaheim 2025 and New York 2026, Erica Self lost 2:22 to the field.
The clock says 2:26 faster, but the races themselves got 4:48 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Las Vegas 2026 → New York 2026: 2:38 on the field in 97 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
9 races · 7 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:1029/1096Beat 97%
↑ 35 days after Washington DC 2026, with Jarred Russell 3:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:01 behind the field: 2:49 slower on the clock, against 0:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:12 faster This pair2:49 slower -
Boston8 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Women1:05:05 PB2/691Beat 100%
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Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Women1:08:4713/1278Beat 99%
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Washington DC3 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed59:21 PB4/654Beat 99%
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:0345/1053Beat 96%
↑ 188 days after Dallas 2025, with Cooper Self 3:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:27 better than the field: 5:24 faster on the clock, against 1:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This pair5:24 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:12:33 PB12/1098Beat 99%
↑ 97 days after Las Vegas 2026 2:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:35 slower for everyone: 2:38 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 slower This athlete1:03 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Women1:13:3662/1796Beat 97%
↑ 70 days after Anaheim 2025 5:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:23 faster for everyone, which leaves this 5:00 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:23 faster This athlete1:23 faster -
Anaheim12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:14:5944/1383Beat 97%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:27209/1504Beat 86%