Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2024 and Rotterdam 2026, Vera van Polen kept pace with the field.
The clock says 10:53 faster, but the races themselves got 10:55 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Amsterdam 2024 → Rotterdam 2025: 9:05 on the field in 140 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
10 races · 9 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Women1:25:56 PB161/231Beat 30%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:19:1828/485Beat 94%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:37 behind the field: 2:23 slower on the clock, against 0:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This athlete2:23 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:25 PB412/962Beat 57%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:30297/506Beat 41%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:16:5526/288Beat 91%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 4:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:06 behind the field: 1:23 slower on the clock, against 2:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 faster This athlete1:23 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:15:32 PB73/1009Beat 93%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 2:07 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:08 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:15 faster for everyone, so 2:07 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:15 faster This athlete2:08 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women1:17:4022/348Beat 94%
↑ 204 days after Rotterdam 2025 0:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 0:54 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:17 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:54 faster This athlete0:37 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Women1:18:53 PB77/566Beat 86%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Women1:18:1745/506Beat 91%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 9:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:05 better than the field: 11:54 faster on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete11:54 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Women1:30:11264/678Beat 61%