Progress against the field
Between Maastricht 2025 and Heerenveen 2026, Sarah Baeten pulled 6:34 ahead of the field.
The clock says 14:02 faster, but the races themselves got 7:28 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 188 days between Maastricht 2025 and Mechelen 2026, still ended 6:51 ahead of the field.
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 Pro · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:27 PB46/687Beat 93%
↑ 241 days after Amsterdam 2026, with Michel Broux 1:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:55 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:27 slower for everyone: 1:22 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 slower This pair0:55 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Women1:22:55 PB71/155Beat 54%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 1:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:07 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:59 faster for everyone, so 1:52 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This athlete0:07 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Women1:23:0252/128Beat 59%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 1:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:47 slower for everyone: 1:35 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 slower This athlete0:48 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Women1:23:5095/139Beat 32%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025 6:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:51 better than the field: 13:07 faster on the clock, against 6:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:16 faster This athlete13:07 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:2257/496Beat 89%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025, with Michel Broux 4:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:07 better than the field: 5:48 faster on the clock, against 1:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:41 faster This pair5:48 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:10210/863Beat 76%
↑ 251 days after Belgium 2025, with Michel Broux 0:38 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:42 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:38 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:42 faster This pair2:04 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Women1:36:5775/109Beat 31%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:14197/722Beat 73%