Progress against the field
From Utrecht 2025 to Maastricht 2026, Maartje Kersten got 2:40 faster than the field.
The clock says 7:27 faster, but the races themselves got 4:47 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Mechelen 2026 → Heerenveen 2026: 4:19 in 49 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
14 races · 13 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:31:2485/190Beat 55%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Women1:35:39295/577Beat 49%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 5:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:39 behind the field: 7:16 slower on the clock, against 1:37 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 slower This athlete7:16 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:28:23 PB179/608Beat 71%
↑ 49 days after Mechelen 2026 4:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:56 faster for everyone, so 4:19 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This athlete5:15 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Women1:37:23 PB126/146Beat 14%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:33:38172/300Beat 43%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 4:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:00 better than the field: 9:28 faster on the clock, against 5:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:28 faster This athlete9:28 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Women1:17:44 PB72/297Beat 76%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Women1:39:22117/128Beat 9%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women1:25:35389/882Beat 56%
↑ 288 days after Rotterdam 2025, with Minke Te Grotenhuis 3:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:03 faster for everyone, so 3:40 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →4:03 faster This pair7:43 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:43:06406/619Beat 34%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Women1:50:11141/157Beat 10%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women2:05:31303/315Beat 4%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Relay · Women1:30:2932/43Beat 26%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Women1:33:18461/633Beat 27%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:37:11 PB560/618Beat 9%