Progress against the field
From Heerenveen 2025 to Stockholm 2026, the field gained 0:46 on Robert Jan Poppen.
Over the same races everyone got 2:17 quicker, so 1:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Gent 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 2:47 in 40 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:41626/767Beat 18%
↑ 35 days after Heerenveen 2026 2:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:39 behind the field: 4:44 slower on the clock, against 2:05 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:05 slower This athlete4:44 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:57 PB147/454Beat 68%
↑ 113 days after Amsterdam 2026 1:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:32 faster for everyone, so 1:21 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:32 faster This athlete0:11 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:0896/243Beat 61%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 2:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:31 faster for everyone, so 2:47 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:31 faster This athlete4:18 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:26136/305Beat 55%
↑ 217 days after Heerenveen 2025 0:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:46 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:19 faster for everyone, so 0:27 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:19 faster This athlete1:46 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:1288/216Beat 59%