Progress against the field
Between Boston 2025 and Phoenix 2026, Elizabeth Smith lost 3:19 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:20 quicker, so 0:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Boston 2025 → Chicago 2025: 4:39 on the field in 49 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. 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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Tampa22 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Women2:05:00 PB299/303Beat 1%
↑ 210 days after Houston 2026, with Emily Oeffinger 4:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:01 faster for everyone, so 4:04 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:01 faster This pair5:05 faster -
Houston26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women2:10:05515/548Beat 6%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:56:16461/550Beat 16%
↑ 76 days after Chicago 2025 7:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:31 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:27 faster for everyone: 7:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete7:31 slower -
Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:48:45 PB893/1127Beat 21%
↑ 49 days after Boston 2025 4:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:32 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:53 faster for everyone, so 4:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:53 faster This athlete7:32 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women1:56:171081/1290Beat 16%