Progress against the field
Between Heerenveen 2025 and Heerenveen 2026, Ben Sterenberg pulled 0:33 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:08 faster, but the races themselves got 7:35 quicker for everyone.
217 days between Heerenveen 2025 and Gent 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:16 better than 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
7 races · 7 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:20 PB423/898Beat 53%
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:32394/960Beat 59%
↑ 212 days after Paris 2025, with Janet Sterenberg 4:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:42 behind the field: 1:21 slower on the clock, against 3:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:21 faster This pair1:21 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:37487/966Beat 50%
↑ 153 days after Gent 2025 1:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:52 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:35 faster for everyone, so 1:43 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete2:52 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:20:27 PB271/298Beat 9%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:29863/1428Beat 40%
↑ 217 days after Heerenveen 2025 2:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:00 faster for everyone, so 2:16 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete5:16 faster -
Paris22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:11 PB263/714Beat 63%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:45850/1217Beat 30%