Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2023 and Sydney 2026, Helen Darke lost 8:30 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 13:35 quicker, so 5:05 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.
Every race
11 races · 8 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Relay · Women1:43:24244/291Beat 16%
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Women1:31:22264/509Beat 48%
↑ 362 days after Sydney 2025 0:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:50 faster for everyone, so 0:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:50 faster This athlete5:33 faster -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Women1:26:40425/758Beat 44%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Relay · Women1:48:10323/356Beat 9%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Women1:36:55277/458Beat 40%
↑ 321 days after Brisbane 2024 9:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:31 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:07 slower for everyone: 9:24 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 slower This athlete9:31 slower -
Brisbane17 Aug 2024Individual Open · Women1:27:24 PB208/420Beat 51%
↑ 21 days after Sydney 2024 0:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:06 faster on the clock, against 3:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete3:06 faster -
Sydney27 Jul 2024Individual Open · Women1:30:30193/363Beat 47%
↑ 350 days after Sydney 2023 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:49 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →5:49 faster This athlete5:57 faster -
Sydney12 Aug 2023Individual Open · Women1:36:2770/105Beat 33%
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MelbourneDate unknownDoubles Open · Women1:28:14293/577Beat 49%
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MelbourneDate unknownDoubles Open · Women1:26:33 PB507/1039Beat 51%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Women1:34:32398/662Beat 40%