Progress against the field
Between Maastricht European Championships 2023 and Heerenveen 2026, Jordi Balk pulled 2:16 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 12:43 quicker, so 14:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
972 days between Maastricht European Championships 2023 and Maastricht 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:35 better than 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
12 races · 11 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men55:29 PB15/316Beat 95%
↑ 93 days after Stockholm 2026, with Thom Van Hagen 0:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:28 faster on the clock, against 1:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 faster This pair1:28 faster -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:57194/704Beat 72%
↑ 84 days after Mechelen 2026, with Thom Van Hagen 0:34 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:58 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:32 slower for everyone: 0:34 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:32 slower This pair0:58 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:02:30 PB26/966Beat 97%
↑ 153 days after Gent 2025 3:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:21 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete1:14 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men55:5944/493Beat 91%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:4440/1428Beat 97%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 2:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:58 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete2:37 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:18 PB78/879Beat 91%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men57:144/148Beat 97%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men58:2413/72Beat 82%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:2116/584Beat 97%
↑ 972 days after Maastricht European Championships 2023 8:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:35 better than the field: 11:08 faster on the clock, against 2:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:33 faster This athlete11:08 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:02:508/34Beat 77%
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Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men1:05:5850/411Beat 88%
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Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:17:29212/556Beat 62%