Progress against the field
Between Chicago 2023 and Toronto 2024, Rana Paulsen pulled 5:41 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:03 slower, so 3:38 faster on the clock looks worse 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
4 races · 4 events
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Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women1:28:07 PB418/1290Beat 68%
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Toronto5 Oct 2024Individual Open · Women1:29:4271/251Beat 72%
↑ 329 days after Chicago 2023 5:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:38 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:03 slower for everyone: 5:41 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:03 slower This athlete3:38 faster -
Chicago11 Nov 2023Individual Open · Women1:33:20161/299Beat 46%
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New York1 Oct 2022Relay · Mixed1:08:591/11Beat 91%