Progress against the field
Between New York 2022 and Washington - North American Championships 2024, Shelby Ward pulled 1:39 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:45 quicker, so 8:24 faster on the clock looks better 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Women1:41:18675/1048Beat 36%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Women1:30:15 PB257/447Beat 43%
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Washington - North American Championships2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Women1:39:23 PB194/271Beat 28%
↑ 518 days after New York 2022 1:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 better than the field: 8:24 faster on the clock, against 6:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:45 faster This athlete8:24 faster -
New York1 Oct 2022Individual Open · Women1:47:47112/156Beat 28%