Progress against the field
From Copenhagen 2024 to Copenhagen 2026, Josephine Sparsø got 12:29 faster than the field.
The clock says 17:29 faster, but the races themselves got 5:00 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Copenhagen 2024 → Stockholm 2024: 12:46 on the field in 259 days.
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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 10 events
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Open · Mixed59:37277/825Beat 66%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed57:016/546Beat 99%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:16:49 PB65/797Beat 92%
↑ 461 days after Stockholm 2024 0:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:26 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:17 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:26 faster This athlete6:09 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Women1:03:40 PB12/122Beat 90%
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Gdansk12 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed56:53 PB3/328Beat 99%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Women1:06:5310/533Beat 98%
↑ 118 days after Riga 2025, with Thea Sihvonen 3:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 behind the field: 1:25 slower on the clock, against 1:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This pair1:25 slower -
Riga31 May 2025Doubles Open · Women1:05:28 PB6/235Beat 97%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Women1:06:4620/650Beat 97%
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Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Women1:22:5881/309Beat 74%
↑ 259 days after Copenhagen 2024 12:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:26 slower for everyone and the clock still says 11:20 faster: 12:46 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete11:20 faster -
Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Women1:34:18229/326Beat 30%