Progress against the field
Baaike Jacobs and Michiel Simon have dropped 5:13 behind the field from Rotterdam 2025 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 11:36 quicker, so 6:23 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. The summary above covers Doubles Open · Mixed, with Michiel Simon, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 5 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:58 PB253/962Beat 74%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025, with Michiel Simon 0:10 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:45 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:55 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:10 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This pair3:45 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:28:44275/776Beat 65%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 7:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:34 behind the field: 5:07 slower on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete5:07 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:43294/863Beat 66%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025, with Michiel Simon 5:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:45 faster for everyone, which leaves this 5:06 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:45 faster This pair0:39 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:23:37 PB230/1009Beat 77%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:22170/658Beat 74%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025, with Michiel Simon 1:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 behind the field: 2:22 slower on the clock, against 0:49 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:49 slower This pair2:22 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:00193/722Beat 73%
↑ 37 days after Rotterdam 2025, with Michiel Simon 1:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:45 faster for everyone, so 1:36 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:45 faster This pair4:21 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:2183/220Beat 62%