Progress against the field
From Rotterdam 2025 to Stockholm 2026, Marc Pollen has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The clock says 5:17 faster, but the races themselves got 5:15 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Gent 2025 → Heerenveen 2026: 2:12 on the field in 153 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
13 races · 13 events
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:10:21455/767Beat 41%
↑ 35 days after Heerenveen 2026 1:31 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 slower on the clock, but the race was 2:05 slower for everyone, so this was 1:31 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:05 slower This athlete0:34 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:47 PB104/454Beat 77%
↑ 153 days after Gent 2025 2:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:12 better than the field: 5:21 faster on the clock, against 3:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:09 faster This athlete5:21 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:15:08113/305Beat 63%
↑ 14 days after Utrecht 2025 0:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:54 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:05 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:11 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This athlete2:54 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:18:0234/102Beat 67%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025 2:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:40 behind the field: 1:17 slower on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete1:17 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:16:4569/208Beat 67%
↑ 204 days after Rotterdam 2025 0:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:07 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:17 slower for everyone: 0:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:17 slower This athlete1:07 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:09 PB120/1217Beat 90%
↑ 839 days after Maastricht European Championships 2023 7:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:38 faster for everyone, so 7:22 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete11:00 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:15:3833/196Beat 83%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:04:55 PB86/855Beat 90%
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Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:48123/283Beat 57%
↑ 168 days after Rotterdam 2023, with Yasmina Daoudi 4:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:30 faster for everyone: 4:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This pair4:02 slower -
Rotterdam20 May 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:46 PB60/187Beat 68%
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Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:21:09278/556Beat 50%
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Amsterdam24 Oct 2021Doubles Open · Mixed1:39:0142/44Beat 5%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:24:11188/446Beat 58%