Progress against the field
From Frankfurt 2024 to St. Gallen 2026, Nils Boomsma got 1:04 faster than the field.
The clock says 4:56 faster, but the races themselves got 3:52 quicker for everyone.
180 days between Belgium 2025 and Hamburg 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:58 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 10 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:10 PB222/1119Beat 80%
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:24:50701/767Beat 9%
↑ 64 days after Rotterdam 2026 1:17 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:01 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:18 slower for everyone, so this was 1:17 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This athlete0:01 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:24:49 PB203/348Beat 42%
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St. Gallen16 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:02173/1068Beat 84%
↑ 106 days after Hamburg 2025 4:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:14 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:09 slower for everyone: 4:23 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:09 slower This athlete4:14 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:16133/409Beat 68%
↑ 180 days after Belgium 2025 2:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:27 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:31 faster for everyone: 2:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:31 faster This athlete0:27 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:49482/1638Beat 71%
↑ 112 days after Frankfurt 2024 0:21 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 1:30 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:21 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:30 faster This athlete1:09 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:58563/1480Beat 62%
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Rotterdam20 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:25:06223/575Beat 61%
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St. GallenDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:15:41190/1003Beat 81%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:17:18273/815Beat 67%