Progress against the field
Patrick Pijnaker has dropped 2:04 behind the field from Amsterdam 2026 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 2:24 quicker, so 0:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
6 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:36:29 PB390/454Beat 14%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:26 PB94/546Beat 83%
↑ 140 days after Madrid 2025, with Shanna Achterberg 1:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:42 better than the field: 6:49 faster on the clock, against 5:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:07 faster This pair6:49 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:06 PB400/561Beat 29%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, so 2:04 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete0:20 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:26316/570Beat 45%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:15226/789Beat 71%