Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2025 and Perth 2026, Lesley McCarthy pulled 0:58 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:04 quicker, so 5:02 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 216 days between Perth 2025 and APAC Championship Brisbane 2026, cost 2:14 on 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 5 events
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Perth21 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:22131/409Beat 68%
↑ 350 days after Perth 2025, with Russell McCarthy 5:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 behind the field: 2:11 slower on the clock, against 2:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This pair2:11 slower -
Perth21 Aug 2026Individual Open · Women1:16:15 PB63/531Beat 88%
↑ 134 days after APAC Championship Brisbane 2026 1:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:06 faster for everyone, so 1:07 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:06 faster This athlete3:13 faster -
APAC Championship Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:19:28107/357Beat 70%
↑ 216 days after Perth 2025 2:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:14 behind the field: 0:43 slower on the clock, against 1:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:31 faster This athlete0:43 slower -
Perth5 Sep 2025Relay · Mixed1:01:407/62Beat 89%
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Perth5 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:1187/443Beat 80%
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Perth5 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women1:18:4544/329Beat 87%
↑ 63 days after Sydney 2025 2:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:32 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:27 faster for everyone, so 2:05 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete2:32 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Women1:21:17214/1049Beat 80%
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MelbourneDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:08:37 PB165/769Beat 79%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Women1:18:07130/744Beat 83%