Progress against the field
From Rotterdam 2026 to Heerenveen 2026, the field gained 3:32 on Erik Embrechts.
The clock says 1:45 slower, but the races themselves got 1:47 quicker for everyone.
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 · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
13 races · 12 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:51691/1119Beat 38%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:41714/825Beat 14%
↑ 84 days after Mechelen 2026, with Sonja Schrijvers 5:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:16 behind the field: 7:47 slower on the clock, against 2:31 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:31 slower This pair7:47 slower -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:2060/153Beat 61%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:35147/315Beat 53%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 3:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:47 faster for everyone: 3:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 faster This athlete1:45 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:50186/556Beat 67%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:54 PB224/962Beat 77%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:48 PB666/958Beat 31%
↑ 62 days after Amsterdam 2026 6:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:17 better than the field: 6:48 faster on the clock, against 0:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This athlete6:48 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:36952/1620Beat 41%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 4:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:11 behind the field: 1:10 slower on the clock, against 3:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete1:10 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:26779/1428Beat 45%
↑ 14 days after Utrecht 2025 2:48 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:42 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:30 faster for everyone, so 2:48 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:30 faster This athlete1:42 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:08266/575Beat 54%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025 9:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:14 better than the field: 12:50 faster on the clock, against 3:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete12:50 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:58978/1352Beat 28%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 4:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 4:55 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete6:17 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:411138/1638Beat 31%
↑ 177 days after Amsterdam 2024 0:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:36 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete1:33 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:141130/1539Beat 27%