Progress against the field
From Stockholm 2024 to Maastricht 2026, Peter Martens got 2:27 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 15:58 quicker, so 18:25 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Berlin 2026 → Maastricht 2026: 15:00 on the field in 120 days.
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.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:01 PB783/1119Beat 30%
↑ 120 days after Berlin 2026 15:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:28 faster for everyone, so 15:00 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:28 faster This athlete16:28 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:50:29632/704Beat 10%
↑ 57 days after Mechelen 2026 3:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:40 behind the field: 5:15 slower on the clock, against 1:35 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 slower This athlete5:15 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:141239/1363Beat 9%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 8:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 6:08 faster for everyone: 8:45 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete2:37 slower -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:371054/1337Beat 21%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025 6:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:36 faster for everyone: 6:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete2:51 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:46970/1352Beat 28%
↑ 154 days after Paris 1 2025 1:27 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:11 slower on the clock, but the race was 3:38 slower for everyone, so this was 1:27 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 slower This athlete2:11 slower -
Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:35567/659Beat 14%
↑ 13 days after Belgium 2025 1:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:52 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:31 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:39 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete2:52 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:271327/1638Beat 19%
↑ 119 days after Stockholm 2024 6:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:31 better than the field: 11:59 faster on the clock, against 5:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:28 faster This athlete11:59 faster -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:52:26615/651Beat 6%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:451108/1539Beat 28%