Progress against the field
Melissa Brown has gained 26:54 on the field from Sydney 2025 to Sydney 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 4:50 quicker, so 31:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 · 5 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Women1:24:58 PB186/509Beat 64%
↑ 362 days after Sydney 2025 26:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
26:54 better than the field: 31:44 faster on the clock, against 4:50 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:50 faster This athlete31:44 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Women1:31:39 PB1304/1852Beat 30%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Women1:56:42935/1049Beat 11%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:50657/1233Beat 47%
↑ 342 days after Sydney 2024, with Michael Brown 7:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:57 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:07 faster for everyone: 7:04 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This pair4:57 slower -
Brisbane17 Aug 2024Relay · Women1:47:0786/95Beat 10%
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Sydney27 Jul 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:53 PB170/438Beat 61%
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Sydney12 Aug 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:2347/95Beat 51%