Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2025 to Berlin 2026, Herman van Buren got 4:33 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:42 quicker, so 12:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Maastricht 2025 → Madrid 2025: 4:45 in 69 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
4 races · 4 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:40 PB674/1097Beat 39%
↑ 57 days after Mechelen 2026 2:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:35 slower for everyone: 2:35 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 slower This athlete1:00 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:40437/561Beat 22%
↑ 119 days after Madrid 2025 2:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:38 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:47 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:38 faster This athlete2:51 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:31953/1312Beat 27%
↑ 69 days after Maastricht 2025 4:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:45 better than the field: 8:24 faster on the clock, against 3:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 faster This athlete8:24 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:55489/584Beat 16%