Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2025 and Sydney 2026, Natasha Welsh pulled 19:13 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:03 quicker, so 25:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 279 days between Sydney 2025 and Brisbane 2026, still ended 22:02 ahead of 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Women1:31:34 PB316/745Beat 58%
↑ 83 days after Brisbane 2026 2:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:03 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:52 faster for everyone, so 2:49 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete0:03 faster -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:31:37192/405Beat 53%
↑ 279 days after Sydney 2025 22:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
22:02 better than the field: 25:13 faster on the clock, against 3:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete25:13 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Women1:56:50937/1049Beat 11%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Women1:43:50577/744Beat 22%