Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Merel Van Carpels lost 17:17 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:27 quicker, so 14:50 slower 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Women1:36:00195/246Beat 21%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:55:16685/776Beat 12%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 17:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:17 behind the field: 14:50 slower on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete14:50 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Relay · Women1:27:1743/63Beat 32%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:40:26 PB666/1009Beat 34%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Women1:24:02 PB308/828Beat 63%