Progress against the field
Heather Rude has dropped 9:40 behind the field from Atlanta 2025 to Houston 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 2:52 quicker, so 6:48 slower 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
3 races · 3 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women2:06:56795/961Beat 17%
↑ 34 days after Las Vegas 2026 10:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:16 behind the field: 8:39 slower on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This athlete8:39 slower -
Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Women1:58:17 PB1440/1796Beat 20%
↑ 112 days after Atlanta 2025 0:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:36 better than the field: 1:51 faster on the clock, against 1:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This athlete1:51 faster -
Atlanta31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women2:00:08546/660Beat 17%