Progress against the field
Between Maastricht 2024 and Mechelen 2026, melissa de gruiter lost 5:26 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:53 quicker, so 6:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
364 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Belgium 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:20 better than the field.
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
9 races · 9 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:08 PB182/687Beat 74%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Women1:24:08 PB297/737Beat 60%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:28:34 PB272/776Beat 65%
↑ 321 days after Heerenveen 2025 1:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:16 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:45 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:16 faster This athlete2:31 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:31:0594/183Beat 49%
↑ 34 days after Belgium 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:24 faster on the clock, against 1:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 faster This athlete1:24 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Women1:32:29358/765Beat 53%
↑ 364 days after Rotterdam 2024 8:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:11 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:51 faster for everyone, so 8:20 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete12:11 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:5772/353Beat 80%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024, with Bas Schippers 5:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:54 better than the field: 9:04 faster on the clock, against 3:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This pair9:04 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:01389/618Beat 37%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Women1:44:40439/585Beat 25%
↑ 77 days after Maastricht 2024 12:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:39 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:22 faster for everyone: 12:01 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:22 faster This athlete9:39 slower -
Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Women1:35:01196/314Beat 38%