Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Cologne 2026, Lea Buchbauer pulled 1:42 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:28 quicker, so 3:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Gent 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 3:43 on the field in 40 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:40:44372/583Beat 36%
↑ 85 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:15 slower for everyone: 2:01 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This athlete3:16 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:37:28 PB741/1122Beat 34%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 3:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 better than the field: 6:26 faster on the clock, against 2:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 faster This athlete6:26 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:43:54738/1009Beat 27%