Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2025 and Auckland 2026, Helen Clayton pulled 1:28 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:10 slower, so 2:42 slower on the clock looks worse 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 5 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:30:41 PB737/918Beat 20%
↑ 83 days after APAC Championship Brisbane 2026, with Stephen Clayton 1:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:01 better than the field: 4:24 faster on the clock, against 3:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This pair4:24 faster -
APAC Championship Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:35:05280/333Beat 16%
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Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women2:14:18438/462Beat 5%
↑ 209 days after Sydney 2025 1:28 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:42 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:10 slower for everyone: 1:28 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →4:10 slower This athlete2:42 slower -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Women2:11:36 PB1018/1049Beat 3%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Relay · Women1:34:28243/356Beat 32%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:46:071161/1233Beat 6%
↑ 153 days after Auckland 2025, with Stephen Clayton 4:27 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:40 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:27 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:40 faster This pair0:13 faster -
Auckland1 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:46:20474/523Beat 9%