Progress against the field
Michael van Soest has gained 18:55 on the field from Cologne 2025 to Rotterdam 2026.
The clock says 27:07 faster, but the races themselves got 8:12 quicker for everyone.
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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:24 PB219/454Beat 52%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:18 PB42/401Beat 90%
↑ 370 days after Cologne 2025 18:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:55 better than the field: 27:07 faster on the clock, against 8:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:12 faster This athlete27:07 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:19:29 PB591/879Beat 33%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:25962/1182Beat 19%