Progress against the field
Chris Helwerda has dropped 8:40 behind the field from Maastricht 2025 to Heerenveen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 10:43 quicker, so 2:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:43200/457Beat 56%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:44 PB182/490Beat 63%
↑ 167 days after Utrecht 2025 2:27 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:40 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 7:07 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:27 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:07 faster This athlete4:40 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:11:09 PB348/493Beat 29%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:21:2784/94Beat 11%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:24460/1337Beat 66%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025 6:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:13 behind the field: 2:37 slower on the clock, against 3:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete2:37 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:47348/1352Beat 74%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:14:0860/92Beat 35%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:56110/335Beat 67%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024, with Erik Ten Hove 3:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:01 behind the field: 0:30 slower on the clock, against 2:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:31 faster This pair0:30 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:11:26 PB96/325Beat 71%