Progress against the field
From Las Vegas 2025 to New York 2026, Lauren Birkel got 1:37 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:34 quicker, so 4:11 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Chicago 2025 → New York 2026: 2:34 in 195 days.
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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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:21:58 PB51/586Beat 91%
↑ 195 days after Chicago 2025 2:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:24 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:10 faster: 2:34 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 slower This athlete0:10 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:22:08234/1127Beat 79%
↑ 286 days after Las Vegas 2025 0:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:01 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:58 faster for everyone, so 0:57 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:58 faster This athlete4:01 faster -
Las Vegas1 Feb 2025Individual Open · Women1:26:09133/512Beat 74%