Progress against the field
Philippe Hermans has gained 4:50 on the field from Utrecht 2025 to Maastricht 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:14 quicker, so 11:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Utrecht 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 9:23 in 54 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 · 4 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:03358/546Beat 34%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 4:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:26 slower for everyone: 4:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete5:33 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:30 PB339/490Beat 31%
↑ 113 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:33 faster for everyone, so 0:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:33 faster This athlete2:07 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:37356/570Beat 38%
↑ 54 days after Utrecht 2025 9:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:23 better than the field: 14:30 faster on the clock, against 5:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:07 faster This athlete14:30 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:071103/1337Beat 18%