Progress against the field
Melissa Patel and Melinda Sanchez have dropped 9:19 behind the field from Boston 2025 to Miami 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:29 quicker, so 5:50 slower 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 Doubles Open · Women, with Melinda Sanchez, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:56:45 PB332/406Beat 18%
↑ 356 days after Atlanta 2025 19:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:29 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:20 faster for everyone, so 19:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:20 faster This athlete23:29 faster -
Miami3 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Women1:46:24814/1037Beat 22%
↑ 133 days after Dallas 2025, with Melinda Sanchez 1:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:55 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:04 faster for everyone, so 1:51 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This pair3:55 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Women1:50:191334/1529Beat 13%
↑ 56 days after Boston 2025, with Melinda Sanchez 11:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:10 behind the field: 9:45 slower on the clock, against 1:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:25 faster This pair9:45 slower -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women2:20:14618/660Beat 6%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Women1:40:34 PB1158/1424Beat 19%