Progress against the field
From Rotterdam 2024 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 1:32 on François Dees.
The clock says 13:50 faster, but the races themselves got 15:22 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 364 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Belgium 2025, still ended 10:06 ahead of 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
8 races · 8 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:38 PB225/454Beat 50%
↑ 370 days after Heerenveen 2025 5:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:35 faster for everyone, so 5:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 faster This athlete7:44 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:37648/1363Beat 53%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 11:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:28 behind the field: 5:20 slower on the clock, against 6:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete5:20 slower -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:17 PB216/1337Beat 84%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025 1:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:36 faster for everyone, so 1:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete5:25 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:42206/584Beat 65%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 1:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 1:59 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete3:21 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:26:22131/216Beat 39%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:21465/1638Beat 72%
↑ 364 days after Rotterdam 2024 10:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:00 faster for everyone, so 10:06 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:00 faster This athlete17:06 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:33 PB104/707Beat 85%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:27848/1380Beat 39%