Progress against the field
Between Utrecht 2025 and Heerenveen 2026, Hellen Van Helden lost 7:21 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:57 quicker, so 1:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
9 races · 9 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:31:13225/608Beat 63%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 1:48 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:19 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:48 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:19 faster This athlete1:31 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:32:44303/695Beat 56%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 1:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 behind the field: 1:43 slower on the clock, against 0:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This athlete1:43 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:31:01 PB533/1122Beat 53%
↑ 54 days after Utrecht 2025 3:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:48 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:24 faster for everyone, so 3:36 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:24 faster This athlete1:48 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:32:49252/619Beat 59%
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Paris22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:40:28329/552Beat 40%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:42:08379/571Beat 34%
↑ 34 days after Belgium 2025 2:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:43 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:24 faster for everyone: 2:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 faster This athlete0:43 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Women1:41:25533/765Beat 30%
↑ 37 days after Rotterdam 2025 2:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:30 behind the field: 0:52 slower on the clock, against 1:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 faster This athlete0:52 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Women1:40:33117/203Beat 42%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 8:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:13 better than the field: 11:02 faster on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete11:02 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Women1:51:35341/408Beat 16%