Progress against the field
Between Miami 2026 and Tampa 2026, Valerie Blanco pulled 2:07 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:55 quicker, so 8:02 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Salt Lake City 2026 → Tampa 2026: 4:49 in 33 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
6 races · 4 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:35 PB177/482Beat 63%
↑ 147 days after New York 2026, with Michael Cappa 12:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:53 better than the field: 16:08 faster on the clock, against 3:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:15 faster This pair16:08 faster -
Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:33:58 PB372/1011Beat 63%
↑ 33 days after Salt Lake City 2026 4:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:08 faster for everyone, so 4:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:08 faster This athlete8:57 faster -
Salt Lake City19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Women1:42:55257/412Beat 38%
↑ 114 days after New York 2026 0:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 better than the field: 2:35 faster on the clock, against 2:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:15 faster This athlete2:35 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:37:43664/1034Beat 36%
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New York28 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:45:30552/1061Beat 48%
↑ 55 days after Miami 2026 3:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:28 slower for everyone: 3:02 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 slower This athlete3:30 slower -
Miami3 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:42:00755/1320Beat 43%