Progress against the field
Merel Baerveldt and Renee van Setten have dropped 4:31 behind the field from Gent 2025 to Heerenveen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 5:58 quicker, so 1:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Mechelen 2026 → Heerenveen 2026: 6:16 on the field in 49 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. The summary above covers Doubles Open · Women, with Renee van Setten, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Women1:16:38123/737Beat 83%
↑ 49 days after Mechelen 2026, with Renee van Setten 6:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:16 better than the field: 7:30 faster on the clock, against 1:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:14 faster This pair7:30 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Women1:25:00194/472Beat 59%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women1:24:08143/285Beat 50%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025, with Renee van Setten 10:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:44 faster for everyone: 10:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:44 faster This pair6:03 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Women1:15:34 PB166/1030Beat 84%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women1:18:05173/882Beat 80%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Women1:24:24187/566Beat 67%
↑ 211 days after Amsterdam 2024, with Bianca Smit 5:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:46 better than the field: 8:43 faster on the clock, against 2:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:57 faster This pair8:43 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Women1:33:07449/657Beat 32%