Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2024 and Heerenveen 2026, bjorn looijen pulled 1:56 ahead of the field.
The clock says 14:44 faster, but the races themselves got 12:48 quicker for everyone.
The field was beaten in 3 of 4 comparisons.
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 · 9 events
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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:05:4438/286Beat 87%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:59 PB43/399Beat 89%
↑ 281 days after Gent 2025 0:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:11 faster for everyone, so 0:54 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 faster This athlete3:05 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men53:01 PB5/315Beat 98%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men58:57 PB1/490Beat 100%
↑ 113 days after Amsterdam 2026 3:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:50 better than the field: 6:23 faster on the clock, against 2:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:33 faster This athlete6:23 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:2028/608Beat 95%
↑ 124 days after Maastricht 2025 5:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:59 faster for everyone, so 5:40 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:59 faster This athlete2:19 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:07:0449/305Beat 84%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:02:3313/81Beat 84%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:3920/584Beat 97%
↑ 204 days after Rotterdam 2025 3:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:20 faster for everyone, so 3:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 faster This athlete3:31 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:1042/600Beat 93%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 0:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:35 better than the field: 2:31 faster on the clock, against 1:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 faster This athlete2:31 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:4198/659Beat 85%