Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Jessica De Backere pulled 1:27 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:27 quicker, so 3:54 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
6 races · 5 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:32 PB45/461Beat 90%
↑ 167 days after Utrecht 2025, with Hannes Bossuyt 0:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 better than the field: 5:31 faster on the clock, against 5:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:06 faster This pair5:31 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women1:28:20578/1017Beat 43%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:30:35 PB83/169Beat 51%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 1:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 better than the field: 3:54 faster on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete3:54 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:34:29531/1009Beat 47%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:0389/701Beat 87%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Women1:22:37 PB218/713Beat 69%