Progress against the field
From New York 2025 to New York 2026, Heather Benjamin got 2:07 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:52 slower, so 0:45 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.
Every race
3 races · 2 events
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:21:0117/516Beat 97%
↑ 363 days after New York 2025 2:07 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 slower on the clock, but the race was 2:52 slower for everyone, so this was 2:07 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 slower This athlete0:45 slower -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:18:58 PB61/1098Beat 94%
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New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:20:16137/781Beat 83%