Progress against the field
From Amsterdam 2024 to Heerenveen 2026, the field gained 5:29 on Maarten Smit.
The clock says 5:13 faster, but the races themselves got 10:42 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 257 days between Heerenveen 2025 and Amsterdam 2026, cost 4:06 on 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:34 PB21/966Beat 98%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 0:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:39 better than the field: 2:26 faster on the clock, against 1:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 faster This athlete2:26 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:0011/401Beat 97%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:43 behind the field: 0:35 slower on the clock, against 2:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete0:35 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men54:48 PB2/402Beat 100%
↑ 392 days after Rotterdam 2025, with Wim Oosthoek 0:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:05 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:45 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:05 faster This pair3:20 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:2538/1620Beat 98%
↑ 257 days after Heerenveen 2025 4:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:07 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:06 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:07 faster This athlete0:01 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:2618/1217Beat 99%
↑ 211 days after Amsterdam 2024 0:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:40 faster for everyone, so 0:41 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete3:21 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men58:083/335Beat 99%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:06:4776/1539Beat 95%