Progress against the field
From New York 2025 to Dallas 2025, Kelly Cota got 1:33 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:36 slower, so 0:57 faster on the clock looks worse than it was.
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
5 races · 5 events
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Women1:08:29 PB3/672Beat 100%
↑ 167 days after Anaheim 2025, with Jessica Hiestand 0:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:10 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This pair2:19 faster -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Relay · Mixed1:15:3858/221Beat 74%
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Anaheim12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women1:10:4821/899Beat 98%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:22:20 PB260/1494Beat 83%
↑ 175 days after New York 2025 1:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:36 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:57 faster: 1:33 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 slower This athlete0:57 faster -
New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:23:1775/450Beat 83%