Progress against the field
Kayla Lunsford has dropped 2:36 behind the field from Dallas 2025 to Mexico City 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:24 slower, so 6:00 slower on the clock looks worse than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from New York 2026 → Mexico City 2026: 10:09 in 154 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 12 events
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Mexico City29 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:34:13104/436Beat 76%
↑ 154 days after New York 2026 10:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:58 faster on the clock in a race that was 6:11 slower for everyone: 10:09 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:11 slower This athlete3:58 faster -
New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:38:11176/516Beat 66%
↑ 119 days after Phoenix 2026 5:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:24 behind the field: 6:30 slower on the clock, against 1:06 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:06 slower This athlete6:30 slower -
Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Women1:43:11173/253Beat 32%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:31:41230/550Beat 58%
↑ 69 days after Dallas 2025 7:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:28 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:53 faster for everyone: 7:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:53 faster This athlete3:28 slower -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:28:13 PB429/1494Beat 71%
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Mexico City7 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:37:38142/436Beat 67%
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Toronto3 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:36:56200/431Beat 54%
↑ 126 days after New York 2025 4:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:28 faster for everyone: 4:34 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This athlete4:06 slower -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:32:50189/450Beat 58%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Women1:42:59 PB113/141Beat 20%
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Guadalajara8 Feb 2025Individual Open · Women1:36:2571/202Beat 65%
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Dallas23 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:34:24251/620Beat 60%
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Ciudad de Mexico9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Women1:47:4469/116Beat 41%