Progress against the field
From Amsterdam 2024 to Rome 2026, Thomas Vermeer got 3:28 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:47 quicker, so 11:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
211 days between Amsterdam 2024 and Heerenveen 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:21 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
9 races · 9 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:59 PB219/1062Beat 79%
↑ 181 days after Mechelen 2026 2:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:08 slower for everyone: 2:53 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:08 slower This athlete1:45 faster -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:39 PB418/556Beat 25%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:44374/1363Beat 73%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 0:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:21 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:08 faster for everyone, so 0:47 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete5:21 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:25:55187/243Beat 23%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 2:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:32 behind the field: 1:01 slower on the clock, against 1:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:31 faster This athlete1:01 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:24:54198/305Beat 35%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:05376/1337Beat 72%
↑ 203 days after Heerenveen 2025 3:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:59 behind the field: 3:52 slower on the clock, against 0:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This athlete3:52 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:42 PB262/821Beat 68%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:13316/1217Beat 74%
↑ 211 days after Amsterdam 2024 5:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:01 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:40 faster for everyone, so 5:21 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete8:01 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:14748/1539Beat 51%