Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-28354683-20160501172546/@comment-24152851-20170907040831

Barry wasn't at his peak when he had the showdown with RF (yes, the one where Oliver and Ronnie helped). The training he got from Jay Zolomon with him learning lots of speedster tricks helped him get faster. Remember Harry Wells saying Zoom wanted Barry to get faster to "fatten him up like a Christmas goose"?

It wasnt stated but we can conclude that Barry got faster. Zoom took Barry's speed, which makes Barry's speed on top of his V8 enhanced speed. Then post-Speed Force Barry is able to catch up to this already faster than before Zoom. So unless you think Zoom got slower, the only conclusion is Barry is now faster.

Jay didnt loose his speed and get given it back. The Speed Force gave more to Barry than he originally had. Also, during season 2 the Speed Force was being nice, while in season 3 it was pissed at Barry so wasnt as eager to help.