Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2025 to Rotterdam 2026, Christel van Balkom got 9:22 faster than the field.
The clock says 15:41 faster, but the races themselves got 6:19 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Maastricht 2025 → Gent 2025: 9:51 on the field in 84 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
5 races · 5 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women2:01:04 PB403/485Beat 17%
↑ 124 days after Gent 2025 0:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:04 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:29 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete1:35 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:29:30 PB341/424Beat 20%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women2:02:39953/1009Beat 6%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 9:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:15 faster for everyone, so 9:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:15 faster This athlete14:06 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women2:16:45333/348Beat 4%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Women1:40:52 PB243/272Beat 11%