Progress against the field
Between Houston 2024 and Houston 2026, Jennifer Ward pulled 10:37 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:01 quicker, so 14:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 376 days between Houston 2025 and Houston 2026, still ended 4:24 ahead of the field.
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
6 races · 6 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:28:17 PB190/961Beat 80%
↑ 376 days after Houston 2025 4:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:24 better than the field: 7:19 faster on the clock, against 2:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This athlete7:19 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Women1:18:56 PB146/529Beat 72%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Women1:23:10432/1529Beat 72%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:35:36325/646Beat 50%
↑ 112 days after Dallas 2024 5:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:08 faster for everyone, so 5:20 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:08 faster This athlete10:28 faster -
Dallas23 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:46:04390/620Beat 37%
↑ 252 days after Houston 2024 0:53 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:02 slower for everyone: 0:53 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 slower This athlete3:09 slower -
Houston16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Women1:42:55160/239Beat 33%