Faster Standard Type battleships raise the fleet-speed benchmark

What changes if the US Standard Type battleships can make 26 to 27 knots from the beginning?

Britain and Japan would both be pushed toward faster capital-ship designs.

The counterfactual raises the speed of the American Standard Type battleships to 26 or 27 knots from the outset. Britain and Japan would respond by pursuing greater speed in their own capital ships. A faster American battle line would shift the competitive benchmark rather than remain an isolated technical improvement. The direction of the arms-race pressure is clear, although no particular British or Japanese class is identified as the likely point of change.