Progress against the field
From Heerenveen 2025 to Heerenveen 2026, Youp Van Dalen got 8:05 faster than the field.
The clock says 15:19 faster, but the races themselves got 7:14 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 203 days between Heerenveen 2025 and Utrecht 2025, still ended 12:10 ahead of the field.
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 Open · Men57:39 PB8/535Beat 99%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:32 PB21/315Beat 93%
↑ 167 days after Utrecht 2025 4:05 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:02 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:07 faster for everyone, so 4:05 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:07 faster This athlete3:02 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:3489/1337Beat 93%
↑ 203 days after Heerenveen 2025 12:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:10 better than the field: 12:17 faster on the clock, against 0:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This athlete12:17 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:51551/1217Beat 55%