Progress against the field
From Perth 2025 to Sydney 2026, Karen Liu got 2:54 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:17 quicker, so 9:11 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
216 days between Perth 2025 and Brisbane 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:30 behind 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
3 races · 3 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Women2:05:08 PB483/509Beat 5%
↑ 83 days after Brisbane 2026 9:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:52 faster for everyone, so 9:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete12:16 faster -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women2:17:24398/405Beat 2%
↑ 216 days after Perth 2025 6:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:30 behind the field: 3:05 slower on the clock, against 3:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:25 faster This athlete3:05 slower -
Perth5 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women2:14:19398/419Beat 5%