Progress against the field
Evelien Mertens has gained 3:28 on the field from Gent 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 1:53 quicker, so 5:21 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 · 4 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Women1:17:34 PB72/139Beat 48%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 3:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:53 faster for everyone, so 3:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:53 faster This athlete5:21 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Women1:22:5547/114Beat 59%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Relay · Mixed1:21:0324/49Beat 51%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Women1:26:2739/77Beat 49%
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Maastricht5 Mar 2022Individual Pro · Women1:22:3025/34Beat 27%