Progress against the field
From Belgium 2025 to Maastricht 2026, Niek d’Haens got 9:26 faster than the field.
The clock says 14:03 faster, but the races themselves got 4:37 quicker for everyone.
291 days between Belgium 2025 and Amsterdam 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:11 better than 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
6 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:11 PB52/1119Beat 95%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 3:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:22 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:26 slower for everyone: 3:48 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete2:22 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:3343/490Beat 91%
↑ 113 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:27 better than the field: 3:00 faster on the clock, against 2:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:33 faster This athlete3:00 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:33 PB89/560Beat 84%
↑ 124 days after Gent 2025, with Karen van den Boogert 2:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:18 better than the field: 4:19 faster on the clock, against 2:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 faster This pair4:19 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:33228/1620Beat 86%
↑ 291 days after Belgium 2025 5:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:11 better than the field: 8:41 faster on the clock, against 3:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete8:41 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:52335/863Beat 61%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:14554/1638Beat 66%