Progress against the field
From Gent 2025 to Heerenveen 2026, Ronald van den Berg got 5:41 faster than the field.
The clock says 11:15 faster, but the races themselves got 5:34 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Gent 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 7:49 on the field in 40 days.
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.
Every race
4 races · 3 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:18:08 PB244/315Beat 23%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:26 PB86/490Beat 82%
↑ 113 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:08 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:33 faster for everyone, so 2:08 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:33 faster This athlete0:25 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:5183/570Beat 85%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 7:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:01 faster for everyone, so 7:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete10:50 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:41701/1428Beat 51%