Progress against the field
From Houston 2025 to Houston 2026, Brenda Bussey got 15:46 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:55 quicker, so 18:41 faster 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.
Every race
2 races · 2 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:46:07 PB522/961Beat 46%
↑ 376 days after Houston 2025 15:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:41 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:55 faster for everyone, so 15:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This athlete18:41 faster -
Houston15 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women2:04:48574/646Beat 11%