Progress against the field
Benjamin Van Der Velde has dropped 2:58 behind the field from Berlin 2024 to Hamburg 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 2:48 quicker, so 0:10 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
335 days between Berlin 2025 and Warsaw 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:52 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
11 races · 10 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:04513/1103Beat 54%
↑ 195 days after Warsaw 2026 5:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:28 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:57 slower for everyone: 5:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 slower This athlete7:28 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:42:15401/439Beat 9%
↑ 160 days after Poznan 2025 14:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:09 behind the field: 15:21 slower on the clock, against 1:12 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:12 slower This athlete15:21 slower -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:36 PB592/1792Beat 67%
↑ 335 days after Berlin 2025 4:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:52 better than the field: 6:29 faster on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This athlete6:29 faster -
Poznan13 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:26:54 PB246/345Beat 29%
↑ 245 days after Warsaw 2025 6:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:39 faster for everyone, so 6:08 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:39 faster This athlete6:47 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:32 PB202/935Beat 78%
↑ 139 days after Berlin 2025, with Noah van der Velde 1:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:24 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:10 faster: 1:34 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 slower This pair1:10 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:42649/1325Beat 51%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:051185/1851Beat 36%
↑ 76 days after Karlsruhe 2025 3:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:41 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:52 faster for everyone, so 3:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete2:41 faster -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:33:41181/213Beat 15%
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Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:46587/1208Beat 51%
↑ 119 days after Hamburg 2024 3:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:59 behind the field: 4:03 slower on the clock, against 0:04 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:04 slower This athlete4:03 slower -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:43565/1248Beat 55%
↑ 196 days after Berlin 2024 4:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:40 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:11 faster: 4:51 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 slower This athlete2:11 faster -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:54656/953Beat 31%