Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2025 and Sydney 2026, Donna Drinkwater pulled 5:58 ahead of the field.
The clock says 9:08 faster, but the races themselves got 3:10 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 209 days between Sydney 2025 and Auckland 2026, still ended 1:25 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
5 races · 4 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Women1:27:35 PB321/789Beat 59%
↑ 153 days after Auckland 2026 4:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:20 faster for everyone, so 4:33 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:20 faster This athlete11:53 faster -
Auckland29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Women1:23:19 PB215/754Beat 72%
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Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:39:28239/462Beat 48%
↑ 209 days after Sydney 2025 1:25 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:10 slower for everyone: 1:25 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →4:10 slower This athlete2:45 slower -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Women1:36:43640/1049Beat 39%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Women1:29:10376/744Beat 50%