Progress against the field
Between Utrecht 2025 and Heerenveen 2026, Mark Bandstra pulled 1:27 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:34 faster, but the races themselves got 7:07 quicker for everyone.
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 · 5 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:48 PB50/490Beat 90%
↑ 167 days after Utrecht 2025 1:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:07 faster for everyone, so 1:27 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:07 faster This athlete8:34 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:42 PB85/994Beat 91%
↑ 655 days after Rotterdam 2024, with Hidde De Vries 2:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 8:19 faster for everyone, so 2:56 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →8:19 faster This pair11:15 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:22113/575Beat 80%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:23:51 PB117/216Beat 46%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Men1:12:57228/722Beat 68%