Progress against the field
Between New York 2025 and New York 2026, Melissa Cemel lost 4:21 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:48 quicker, so 2:33 slower 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
3 races · 3 events
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:39:02151/295Beat 49%
↑ 244 days after Boston 2025 0:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:57 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:33 slower for everyone: 0:24 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:33 slower This athlete0:57 slower -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women1:38:05722/1290Beat 44%
↑ 119 days after New York 2025 3:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:57 behind the field: 1:36 slower on the clock, against 2:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete1:36 slower -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:36:29 PB234/450Beat 48%