Progress against the field
From Amsterdam 2023 to Amsterdam 2026, Rick Van de Ven got 3:22 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:35 quicker, so 14:57 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
655 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Amsterdam 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:24 behind 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
10 races · 10 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:48 PB195/454Beat 57%
↑ 237 days after Maastricht 2025 2:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:10 better than the field: 8:51 faster on the clock, against 6:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:41 faster This athlete8:51 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:12:26268/385Beat 30%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:30 PB226/1620Beat 86%
↑ 655 days after Rotterdam 2024 5:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:41 faster on the clock, yet the race was 9:05 faster for everyone, so 5:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →9:05 faster This athlete3:41 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:14 PB354/1164Beat 70%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:25:39120/208Beat 42%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:07:35 PB32/87Beat 63%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Relay · Men59:326/16Beat 63%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:13:5775/144Beat 48%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:11122/1380Beat 91%
↑ 154 days after Amsterdam 2023 8:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:30 faster for everyone, so 8:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 faster This athlete11:16 faster -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:26:27448/1079Beat 59%