Progress against the field
From Dallas 2025 to Houston 2026, Serena Smith got 20:06 faster than the field.
The clock says 26:13 faster, but the races themselves got 6:07 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Dallas 2025 → Phoenix 2026: 19:35 in 69 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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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:35:39 PB149/386Beat 61%
↑ 56 days after Phoenix 2026 0:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 better than the field: 2:45 faster on the clock, against 2:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This athlete2:45 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:38:24314/550Beat 43%
↑ 69 days after Dallas 2025 19:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:53 faster for everyone, so 19:35 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:53 faster This athlete23:28 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women2:01:521268/1494Beat 15%