Progress against the field
Between Houston 2025 and New York 2026, Molly Thomas pulled 18:15 ahead of the field.
The races themselves barely changed, so 18:42 faster on the clock is the real picture.
244 days between Houston 2025 and Chicago 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 11:14 better than 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 · Women1:14:18 PB8/365Beat 98%
↑ 195 days after Chicago 2025 7:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:37 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:24 slower for everyone: 7:01 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 slower This athlete4:37 faster -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:18:55137/1127Beat 88%
↑ 244 days after Houston 2025 11:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:14 better than the field: 14:05 faster on the clock, against 2:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This athlete14:05 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Women1:15:52 PB188/1424Beat 87%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:33:00291/646Beat 55%