Progress against the field
Gaby Gan has dropped 2:09 behind the field from Atlanta 2025 to Houston 2026.
The clock says 2:49 faster, but the races themselves got 4:58 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Dallas 2025 → Houston 2026: 4:47 on the field 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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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:35:02 PB319/961Beat 67%
↑ 125 days after Dallas 2025 4:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:47 better than the field: 7:52 faster on the clock, against 3:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This athlete7:52 faster -
Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:42:54916/1494Beat 39%
↑ 21 days after Atlanta 2025 6:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:53 faster for everyone: 6:56 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:53 faster This athlete5:03 slower -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:37:51317/660Beat 52%