Progress against the field
David Bakelaar has dropped 8:07 behind the field from Amsterdam 2024 to Maastricht 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 13:36 quicker, so 5:29 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 217 days between Heerenveen 2025 and Gent 2025, still ended 4:49 ahead of 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.
Every race
12 races · 11 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:4451/394Beat 87%
↑ 120 days after Berlin 2026 1:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:28 faster for everyone: 1:57 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:28 faster This athlete0:29 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:15 PB146/1097Beat 87%
↑ 37 days after Rotterdam 2026 1:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:18 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:20 slower for everyone: 1:38 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:20 slower This athlete0:18 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men58:35 PB16/535Beat 97%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:27 PB156/454Beat 66%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:3343/401Beat 89%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:08 faster for everyone, so 0:45 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete1:23 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:5696/570Beat 83%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 3:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:26 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:01 faster for everyone: 3:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete0:26 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:30243/1428Beat 83%
↑ 217 days after Heerenveen 2025 4:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:49 better than the field: 7:49 faster on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete7:49 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:19453/1217Beat 63%
↑ 34 days after Belgium 2025 4:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:28 faster for everyone: 4:35 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This athlete2:07 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:12496/1638Beat 70%
↑ 37 days after Rotterdam 2025 1:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 behind the field: 0:18 slower on the clock, against 0:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 faster This athlete0:18 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:54348/1283Beat 73%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 2:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:41 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:56 faster for everyone: 2:37 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 faster This athlete0:41 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:13166/659Beat 75%
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Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men1:11:31115/411Beat 72%