Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2024 and Sydney 2026, Leah McElwain lost 7:48 to the field.
The clock says 1:00 slower, but the races themselves got 6:48 quicker for everyone.
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
3 races · 3 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Women1:29:41372/789Beat 53%
↑ 515 days after Auckland 2025 0:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:09 faster on the clock, yet the race was 10:08 faster for everyone, so 0:59 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →10:08 faster This athlete9:09 faster -
Auckland1 Feb 2025Individual Open · Women1:38:50287/535Beat 46%
↑ 189 days after Sydney 2024 6:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:20 slower for everyone: 6:49 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 slower This athlete10:09 slower -
Sydney27 Jul 2024Individual Open · Women1:28:41 PB172/363Beat 53%