Prior self

Measure the thing against its own earlier state instead of against anyone else. Ask what changed between then and now for this same person, team, or project. It reveals rate and direction of movement, which cross-sectional comparisons to other people cannot show.

Measure the thing against its own earlier state instead of against anyone else. Ask what changed between then and now for this same person, team, or project. It reveals rate and direction of movement, which cross-sectional comparisons to other people cannot show.

Example

Your March 5K was 31:10 and today's was 29:40. Against your own earlier self you are 90 seconds faster over five months, roughly 18 seconds per month. That answers "is this training working," which the feed's stranger times never could.