Progress against the field
From Cologne 2026 to Maastricht 2026, Niels Kinget got 9:04 faster than the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 8:51 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
The biggest step was Cologne 2026 → Berlin 2026: 5:59 on the field in 36 days.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
23 races · 18 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men54:2110/316Beat 97%
↑ 93 days after Stockholm 2026, with Joey Seetsen 2:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:56 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:26 faster for everyone: 2:22 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 faster This pair0:56 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men59:25 PB14/399Beat 97%
↑ 93 days after Stockholm 2026 0:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:07 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:35 faster for everyone, so 0:28 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:35 faster This athlete0:07 faster -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men53:2538/704Beat 95%
↑ 84 days after Mechelen 2026, with Joey Seetsen 0:47 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:32 slower for everyone, so this was 0:47 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:32 slower This pair0:45 slower -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men59:3266/767Beat 91%
↑ 27 days after Berlin 2026 3:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:15 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:18 slower for everyone: 3:33 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 slower This athlete3:15 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:02:4739/439Beat 91%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2026 5:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:29 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:30 slower for everyone: 5:59 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 slower This athlete5:29 faster -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:1641/455Beat 91%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:50241/394Beat 39%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men52:40 PB6/493Beat 99%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:00:2617/365Beat 95%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men59:3512/243Beat 95%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 0:22 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:31 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:22 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:31 faster This athlete1:09 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Relay · Men54:341/36Beat 97%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:00:4410/305Beat 97%
↑ 14 days after Utrecht 2025 2:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:05 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:46 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This athlete0:19 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:01:032/215Beat 99%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:09:0414/102Beat 86%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:02:5836/340Beat 89%
↑ 42 days after Maastricht 2025 0:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:12 faster for everyone, so 0:47 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:12 faster This athlete1:25 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men54:034/72Beat 94%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:04:2324/208Beat 89%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:04:0417/409Beat 96%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:02:464/96Beat 96%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:49 PB29/1638Beat 98%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:38 PB60/707Beat 92%
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Rimini1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:09:5457/1156Beat 95%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:03:58119/522Beat 77%