Progress against the field
From Madrid 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Kate Palmer got 7:08 faster than the field.
The clock says 13:06 faster, but the races themselves got 5:58 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Madrid 2025 → London Olympia 2026: 11:19 in 117 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:54:04339/400Beat 15%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 4:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:28 faster for everyone: 4:11 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This athlete3:43 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:50:21 PB599/758Beat 21%
↑ 117 days after Madrid 2025 11:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:19 better than the field: 16:49 faster on the clock, against 5:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:30 faster This athlete16:49 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women2:07:10655/697Beat 6%
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Stockholm2 Dec 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:15 PB73/155Beat 53%