Progress against the field
From Gent 2025 to Heerenveen 2026, Laura Vermeer got 6:32 faster than the field.
The clock says 12:48 faster, but the races themselves got 6:16 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Gent 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 10:34 on the field in 40 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:37:03317/608Beat 48%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 4:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:07 behind the field: 0:48 slower on the clock, against 3:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:19 faster This athlete0:48 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:36:15 PB364/695Beat 48%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:14 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This athlete0:19 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:36:34167/288Beat 42%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 10:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:43 faster for everyone, so 10:34 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 faster This athlete13:17 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:49:51838/1009Beat 17%