Progress against the field
From Dallas 2024 to Boston 2026, Kelly Walsh got 0:54 faster than the field.
The clock says 7:24 faster, but the races themselves got 6:30 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 307 days between Dallas 2024 and Boston 2025, still ended 3:31 ahead of 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:56:54355/452Beat 22%
↑ 252 days after Phoenix 2026 3:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:34 slower for everyone: 3:49 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 slower This athlete4:23 slower -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Women1:32:19309/722Beat 57%
↑ 363 days after New York 2025, with Erin Haberman 0:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:35 slower for everyone: 0:43 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:35 slower This pair1:18 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:52:31 PB496/631Beat 21%
↑ 125 days after Boston 2025 1:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 better than the field: 4:34 faster on the clock, against 3:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This athlete4:34 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women1:57:051091/1290Beat 15%
↑ 307 days after Dallas 2024 3:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:42 faster for everyone, so 3:31 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:42 faster This athlete7:13 faster -
New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Women1:31:01 PB546/830Beat 34%
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Dallas23 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women2:04:18536/620Beat 14%