Progress against the field
Between Maastricht 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Valentine Vandenbesselaer lost 5:41 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:42 quicker, so 1:01 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
4 races · 4 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:38:33466/776Beat 40%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 6:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:43 behind the field: 4:16 slower on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete4:16 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:34:17 PB527/1009Beat 48%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 1:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:15 faster for everyone, so 1:02 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:15 faster This athlete5:17 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women1:39:34182/348Beat 48%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:08 PB291/491Beat 41%