Progress against the field
Paula Van Den Berg-Smitsman and Cindy Nieman have dropped 2:37 behind the field from Rotterdam 2024 to Mechelen 2026.
The clock says 8:07 faster, but the races themselves got 10:44 quicker for everyone.
531 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Maastricht 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:08 behind the field.
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 2026Doubles Open · Women1:48:41 PB963/1017Beat 5%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025, with Cindy Nieman 0:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:41 better than the field: 4:11 faster on the clock, against 3:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This pair4:11 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Women1:52:52801/828Beat 3%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025, with Cindy Nieman 0:10 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:33 faster for everyone, so 0:10 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:33 faster This pair1:23 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Women1:54:15721/739Beat 2%
↑ 531 days after Rotterdam 2024, with Cindy Nieman 3:08 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:41 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:08 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:41 faster This pair2:33 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Women1:56:48544/564Beat 4%