Progress against the field
Sebastian Els has dropped 10:25 behind the field from Amsterdam 2022 to Warsaw 2026.
The clock says 1:46 faster, but the races themselves got 12:11 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 896 days between Amsterdam 2022 and Belgium 2025, cost 5:52 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
25 races · 24 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:3015/577Beat 97%
↑ 98 days after Istanbul 1 2026, with Laura Els-Hilgers 2:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:34 faster for everyone, so 2:13 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 faster This pair2:47 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:3240/535Beat 93%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:03:38 PB85/315Beat 73%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:28 PB26/214Beat 88%
↑ 21 days after Mechelen 2026 0:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:04 faster on the clock, against 1:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:02 faster This athlete1:04 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:3294/747Beat 87%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:33 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:33 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete1:51 faster -
Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:1741/351Beat 88%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:2383/608Beat 86%
↑ 291 days after Belgium 2025 4:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:02 behind the field: 0:32 slower on the clock, against 3:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete0:32 slower -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:4754/1002Beat 95%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:07:25133/474Beat 72%
↑ 42 days after Stuttgart 2025, with Philipp Banzet 2:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:31 faster for everyone, so 2:23 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This pair2:54 faster -
Stuttgart31 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:10:19200/388Beat 49%
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Rimini30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:40223/544Beat 59%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:12:17 PB162/351Beat 54%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:51171/1638Beat 90%
↑ 896 days after Amsterdam 2022 5:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:15 faster for everyone: 5:52 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:15 faster This athlete0:37 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:2331/99Beat 69%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:11 PB7/618Beat 99%
↑ 264 days after Maastricht 2024, with Laura Els 2:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:56 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:22 faster for everyone, so 2:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This pair0:56 faster -
Vienna - European Championship9 Feb 2024Doubles Open · MixedDNF—
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:01:076/230Beat 97%
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Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:2921/288Beat 93%
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Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Doubles Open · Men59:1421/185Beat 89%
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Frankfurt10 Dec 2022Doubles Open · Men58:51 PB7/141Beat 95%
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Amsterdam22 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:09:1422/561Beat 96%
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Leipzig8 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:10:2012/163Beat 93%
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Maastricht5 Mar 2022Individual Open · Men1:13:4140/243Beat 84%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:00:4335/223Beat 84%
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KölnDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:02:307/213Beat 97%