Progress against the field
Nova Smeets has dropped 0:38 behind the field from Gent 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
The clock says 1:49 faster, but the races themselves got 2:27 quicker for everyone.
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
4 races · 4 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Women1:09:14 PB26/936Beat 97%
↑ 208 days after Maastricht 2025, with Maaike Thijssen 0:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:54 faster on the clock, against 4:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:01 faster This pair3:54 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:20:01 PB103/776Beat 87%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 0:38 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:49 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:27 faster for everyone, so 0:38 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete1:49 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:21:50192/1009Beat 81%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Women1:13:0860/739Beat 92%