Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2026 and Maastricht 2026, Mats Hesel lost 2:01 to the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 1:40 slower on the clock is close to the whole story.
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
5 races · 4 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:08220/1119Beat 80%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 3:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:26 slower for everyone: 3:55 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete5:21 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:13112/457Beat 76%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026, with Sven Hesel 6:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:21 slower for everyone: 6:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This pair6:34 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:47 PB49/490Beat 90%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 1:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 better than the field: 3:41 faster on the clock, against 1:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 faster This athlete3:41 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:28160/1192Beat 87%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:39 PB34/402Beat 92%