Progress against the field
Between Houston 2023 and Houston 2024, Melissa Ramon lost 16:37 to the field.
The clock says 12:56 slower, but the races themselves got 3:41 quicker for everyone.
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
15 races · 13 events
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Houston26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women1:31:45541/1160Beat 53%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Women1:31:57895/1898Beat 53%
↑ 22 days after Phoenix 2026, with Kathy Eby 2:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:48 better than the field: 4:12 faster on the clock, against 1:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 faster This pair4:12 faster -
Phoenix29 Jan 2026Relay · Women1:18:2810/20Beat 50%
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Phoenix29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Women1:36:09398/529Beat 25%
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Anaheim12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women2:04:52848/899Beat 6%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Women1:43:471224/1424Beat 14%
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New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Women1:28:45 PB495/830Beat 40%
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Houston15 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:58 PB457/749Beat 39%
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Dallas23 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Women1:40:07364/553Beat 34%
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Dallas23 Nov 2024Relay · Women1:46:1931/40Beat 23%
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Chicago Navy Pier16 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:39:12330/390Beat 15%
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Gainful Anaheim19 May 2024Doubles Open · Women1:41:35215/271Beat 21%
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Houston16 Mar 2024Individual Open · Women2:09:02219/239Beat 8%
↑ 385 days after Houston 2023 16:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:56 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:41 faster for everyone: 16:37 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:41 faster This athlete12:56 slower -
Houston25 Feb 2023Individual Open · Women1:56:06 PB104/129Beat 19%
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New YorkDate unknownDoubles Open · Women1:37:3873/131Beat 44%