Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2024 and Rotterdam 2026, Jessie van der Poel pulled 1:53 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:56 quicker, so 7:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 615 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Gent 2025, cost 3:00 on 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.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Lisboa1 May 2026Individual Open · WomenDNF—
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:24:5078/485Beat 84%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:14 faster for everyone: 2:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This athlete2:33 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:22:17 PB251/1122Beat 78%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 7:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:43 faster for everyone, so 7:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 faster This athlete10:23 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:32:40483/1009Beat 52%
↑ 615 days after Rotterdam 2024 3:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 behind the field: 0:01 slower on the clock, against 2:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete0:01 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Women1:48:10 PB74/77Beat 4%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Pro · WomenDNF—
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Women1:32:39267/585Beat 54%