Progress against the field
From Phoenix 2026 to Toronto 2026, the field gained 1:58 on Laura Benson.
Over the same races everyone got 2:28 quicker, so 0:30 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 6 events
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:20:51 PB41/422Beat 90%
↑ 140 days after Ottawa 2026 0:20 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:24 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:44 faster for everyone, so 0:20 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:44 faster This athlete1:24 faster -
Toronto1 Oct 2026Relay · Mixed1:22:2528/56Beat 50%
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Ottawa14 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:22:1585/556Beat 85%
↑ 105 days after Phoenix 2026 1:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:44 faster for everyone: 1:38 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:44 faster This athlete0:54 slower -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:21:2197/631Beat 85%
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Vancouver20 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:22:00128/785Beat 84%
↑ 78 days after Toronto 2025 1:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 better than the field: 6:56 faster on the clock, against 5:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:44 faster This athlete6:56 faster -
Toronto3 Oct 2025Relay · Women1:26:1926/42Beat 38%
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Toronto3 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:28:56124/431Beat 71%
↑ 363 days after Toronto 2024 10:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:26 behind the field: 7:30 slower on the clock, against 2:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This athlete7:30 slower -
Toronto5 Oct 2024Individual Open · Women1:21:2670/439Beat 84%