Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2023 and Utrecht 2025, Paul Verhaar pulled 8:22 ahead of the field.
The clock says 18:17 faster, but the races themselves got 9:55 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 414 days between Amsterdam 2024 and Utrecht 2025, cost 2:00 on 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 · 11 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:23 PB98/233Beat 58%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:34 PB406/1206Beat 66%
↑ 257 days after Heerenveen 2025, with Sungi Verhaar 0:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:42 faster for everyone, so 0:41 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:42 faster This pair4:23 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:15694/1337Beat 48%
↑ 414 days after Amsterdam 2024 2:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 behind the field: 1:11 slower on the clock, against 0:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:49 faster This athlete1:11 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:57194/492Beat 61%
↑ 34 days after Belgium 2025, with Sungi Verhaar 3:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 behind the field: 1:27 slower on the clock, against 2:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:16 faster This pair1:27 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:30261/722Beat 64%
↑ 441 days after Maastricht 2024, with Sungi Verhaar 1:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 better than the field: 5:23 faster on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This pair5:23 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:04 PB866/1539Beat 44%
↑ 341 days after Amsterdam 2023 11:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:46 better than the field: 18:15 faster on the clock, against 6:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:29 faster This athlete18:15 faster -
Maastricht20 Jan 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:53127/230Beat 45%
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Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:46:19910/1079Beat 16%
↑ 168 days after Rotterdam 2023 1:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:37 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:24 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:37 faster This athlete1:13 faster -
Rotterdam20 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:47:32494/575Beat 14%
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Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Doubles Open · Men1:38:17176/185Beat 5%
↑ 91 days after Amsterdam 2022, with Sander Koek 4:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:27 behind the field: 3:04 slower on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This pair3:04 slower -
Amsterdam22 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:35:13187/197Beat 5%