Progress against the field
Patrick Willems has dropped 12:58 behind the field from Maastricht European Championships 2023 to Rotterdam 2026.
The clock says 7:17 faster, but the races themselves got 20:15 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 287 days between Maastricht European Championships 2023 and Amsterdam 2023, still ended 2:23 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
21 races · 20 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:02:0586/316Beat 73%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:18228/399Beat 43%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 5:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:23 behind the field: 6:47 slower on the clock, against 1:24 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 slower This athlete6:47 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:00:42 PB56/361Beat 85%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:31168/454Beat 63%
↑ 49 days after Mechelen 2026 5:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:56 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:16 faster for everyone: 5:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 faster This athlete4:56 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:5950/1192Beat 96%
↑ 208 days after Maastricht 2025 3:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:34 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:14 faster for everyone, so 3:40 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:14 faster This athlete3:34 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:35157/457Beat 66%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 4:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:19 faster for everyone, so 4:38 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 faster This athlete6:57 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:3247/107Beat 56%
↑ 54 days after Utrecht 2025 0:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 4:42 faster on the clock, against 4:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:36 faster This athlete4:42 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:1441/102Beat 60%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:3383/1352Beat 94%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 3:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:27 behind the field: 4:49 slower on the clock, against 1:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete4:49 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:24 PB106/351Beat 70%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:1675/216Beat 65%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:4474/1638Beat 96%
↑ 37 days after Rotterdam 2025 0:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:12 better than the field: 1:07 faster on the clock, against 0:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 faster This athlete1:07 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:5137/1283Beat 97%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 3:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:36 behind the field: 1:40 slower on the clock, against 1:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 faster This athlete1:40 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:05:11 PB51/1539Beat 97%
↑ 264 days after Maastricht 2024 1:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:58 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:10 faster for everyone, so 1:12 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:10 faster This athlete2:58 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Pro · Men1:18:2240/149Beat 73%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:0946/781Beat 94%
↑ 77 days after Amsterdam 2023 3:38 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:01 faster for everyone, so 3:38 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete1:23 faster -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:09:3243/1079Beat 96%
↑ 287 days after Maastricht European Championships 2023 2:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:23 better than the field: 4:44 faster on the clock, against 2:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete4:44 faster -
Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:14:16148/556Beat 73%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:06:5564/815Beat 92%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:14:37243/432Beat 44%
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KölnDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:09:5445/446Beat 90%