Progress against the field
Rachael Cairns has gained 3:04 on the field from Perth 2025 to Perth 2026.
The clock says 9:09 faster, but the races themselves got 6:05 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Auckland 2026 → Sydney 2026: 3:27 in 153 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
4 races · 4 events
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Perth21 Aug 2026Individual Open · Women1:20:02 PB78/519Beat 85%
↑ 51 days after Sydney 2026 1:23 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:39 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:23 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete0:16 faster -
Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Women1:20:18168/789Beat 79%
↑ 153 days after Auckland 2026 3:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:27 better than the field: 10:47 faster on the clock, against 7:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:20 faster This athlete10:47 faster -
Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:31:05132/467Beat 72%
↑ 146 days after Perth 2025 1:00 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:54 slower for everyone: 1:00 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 slower This athlete1:54 slower -
Perth5 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women1:29:11134/329Beat 59%