Progress against the field
Between Vancouver 2025 and Toronto 2026, Hiu Yan Gloria Lai pulled 1:56 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:00 quicker, so 8:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was New York 2026 → Toronto 2026: 5:45 on the field in 126 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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Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:36:53 PB282/671Beat 58%
↑ 126 days after New York 2026 5:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:45 better than the field: 10:25 faster on the clock, against 4:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:40 faster This athlete10:25 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:47:18638/1098Beat 42%
↑ 159 days after Vancouver 2025 3:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:20 faster for everyone: 3:49 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete1:29 slower -
Vancouver20 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:45:49555/785Beat 29%