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Continuing to improve every time she competes, Simone Biles is far ahead at her second Olympic Trials

Since the world first learned her name, Simone Biles has been leaps and bounds (slight pun intended) ahead of the field every time she competes — and yet the greatest gymnast of all time continues to improve.

Biles put out her best floor routine of the season — so far — on Friday night, the first day of women’s competition at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials.

That’s saying something considering she had the highest floor exercise scores at both the U.S. Classic in May and the U.S. Championships earlier this month.

In an electrifying performance that included two eponymous skills, the five-time world floor champion scored 15.