Progress against the field
Between New York 2025 and New York 2026, Kayla Austin kept pace with the field.
The clock says 6:18 faster, but the races themselves got 6:15 quicker for everyone.
181 days between Boston 2025 and Houston 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:02 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
4 races · 4 events
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:46:09619/1098Beat 44%
↑ 63 days after Houston 2026 2:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 behind the field: 1:51 slower on the clock, against 0:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:22 faster This athlete1:51 slower -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:44:18 PB475/961Beat 51%
↑ 181 days after Boston 2025 2:02 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:32 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:02 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:32 faster This athlete1:30 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women1:45:48894/1290Beat 31%
↑ 119 days after New York 2025 4:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:21 faster for everyone, so 4:18 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete6:39 faster -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:52:27629/781Beat 20%