Progress against the field
Between Dallas 2025 and Tampa 2026, Paige Cotton pulled 6:32 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:55 quicker, so 13:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Dallas 2025 → Houston 2026: 7:14 in 125 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
3 races · 3 events
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Tampa22 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:22:00 PB59/406Beat 86%
↑ 210 days after Houston 2026 0:42 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:08 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:50 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:42 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:50 faster This athlete3:08 faster -
Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:25:0873/386Beat 81%
↑ 125 days after Dallas 2025 7:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:05 faster for everyone, so 7:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This athlete10:19 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:35:27679/1494Beat 55%