Progress against the field
From Amsterdam 2026 to Heerenveen 2026, Ernst Both got 3:02 faster than the field.
The clock says 5:35 faster, but the races themselves got 2:33 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
9 races · 9 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Relay · Men1:05:5210/29Beat 66%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:05:36 PB135/316Beat 57%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:30 PB88/490Beat 82%
↑ 113 days after Amsterdam 2026 3:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:33 faster for everyone, so 3:02 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:33 faster This athlete5:35 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · MenDNF—
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:41 PB106/593Beat 82%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025, with Mitchell van Esveld 1:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:34 faster for everyone, so 1:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This pair1:53 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:05521/1620Beat 68%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:34125/879Beat 86%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:10223/898Beat 75%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:20:54250/335Beat 25%