Progress against the field
Between Dallas 2023 and Houston 2026, Kara Thomas lost 15:23 to the field.
The clock says 10:18 slower, but the races themselves got 5:05 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 740 days between Houston 2024 and Houston 2026, cost 19:12 on 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:49:36587/961Beat 39%
↑ 740 days after Houston 2024 19:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:12 behind the field: 15:41 slower on the clock, against 3:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete15:41 slower -
Houston16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Women1:33:55 PB115/239Beat 52%
↑ 119 days after Dallas 2023 3:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:34 faster for everyone, so 3:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 faster This athlete5:23 faster -
Dallas18 Nov 2023Individual Open · Women1:39:18166/267Beat 38%
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Houston25 Feb 2023Individual Open · Women1:45:2385/129Beat 34%
↑ 98 days after Dallas 2022 6:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:26 better than the field: 11:20 faster on the clock, against 4:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:54 faster This athlete11:20 faster -
Dallas19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Women1:56:43112/141Beat 21%