Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Paul Hesselberth pulled 3:45 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:20 quicker, so 10:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
Ahead of the field in 4 of 5 comparisons.
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
19 races · 13 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men56:028/816Beat 99%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:05:1856/399Beat 86%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 2:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:24 slower for everyone: 2:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 slower This athlete3:52 slower -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:28160/704Beat 77%
↑ 64 days after Rotterdam 2026, with Nick Van Ommen 0:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:27 behind the field: 2:24 slower on the clock, against 1:57 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 slower This pair2:24 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men55:0012/315Beat 96%
↑ 49 days after Mechelen 2026, with Dario Mulder 1:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 behind the field: 0:46 slower on the clock, against 0:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:23 faster This pair0:46 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:26 PB19/454Beat 96%
↑ 113 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:32 faster for everyone, so 0:27 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:32 faster This athlete1:59 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men53:26 PB1/674Beat 100%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men54:04 PB6/385Beat 98%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Relay · Men51:051/53Beat 98%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men54:1414/493Beat 97%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:2524/243Beat 90%
↑ 54 days after Utrecht 2025 0:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:02 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:36 faster for everyone, so 0:26 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:36 faster This athlete5:02 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men59:205/1428Beat 100%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men59:13 PB19/2771Beat 99%
↑ 76 days after Maastricht 2025 1:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:51 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:37 faster for everyone, so 1:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:37 faster This athlete7:51 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:2720/215Beat 91%
↑ 203 days after Heerenveen 2025 2:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:36 slower for everyone: 2:59 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 slower This athlete1:23 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:03:2931/131Beat 76%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:0439/1352Beat 97%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 0:29 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:53 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 0:29 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete0:53 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:09:5033/216Beat 85%
↑ 71 days after Rotterdam 2025 2:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:21 better than the field: 5:33 faster on the clock, against 3:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 faster This athlete5:33 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:34 PB298/722Beat 59%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:1184/1638Beat 95%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:15:2331/196Beat 84%