Progress against the field
Between Madrid 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Bert Van Hoekelen lost 4:13 to the field.
The clock says 1:54 faster, but the races themselves got 6:07 quicker for everyone.
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
11 races · 11 events
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Riga30 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:15:00 PB90/112Beat 20%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:16 PB343/674Beat 49%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:11741/1363Beat 46%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 3:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:39 behind the field: 1:15 slower on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete1:15 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:56773/1620Beat 52%
↑ 55 days after Madrid 2025 0:34 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:43 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:34 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:43 faster This athlete3:09 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:05775/1361Beat 43%
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Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:19509/1171Beat 57%
↑ 29 days after Hamburg 2025 7:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:58 behind the field: 7:01 slower on the clock, against 0:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 faster This athlete7:01 slower -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:18 PB107/409Beat 74%
↑ 125 days after Rimini 2025 2:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:15 faster for everyone, so 2:50 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This athlete4:05 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:26:21 PB351/658Beat 47%
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Rimini30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:23237/596Beat 60%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:55912/1217Beat 25%
↑ 71 days after Rotterdam 2025 6:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:41 behind the field: 4:12 slower on the clock, against 2:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete4:12 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:43356/584Beat 39%