Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2026 and Mechelen 2026, Michelle Smid lost 2:13 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:18 quicker, so 0:55 slower 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 Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Relay · Women1:25:3224/43Beat 44%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:43:11539/776Beat 31%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 behind the field: 0:55 slower on the clock, against 1:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This athlete0:55 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:42:16 PB841/1122Beat 25%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women1:43:09 PB794/882Beat 10%
↑ 217 days after Heerenveen 2025, with Kimberly Kromhout 2:08 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:20 faster for everyone, so 2:08 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This pair1:12 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Women1:44:21269/292Beat 8%