Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2024 and Heerenveen 2026, Hamid El Aarbaoui pulled 1:47 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 19:30 quicker, so 21:17 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Heerenveen 2025 → Maastricht 2025: 9:12 in 133 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
14 races · 12 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men55:34 PB1/295Beat 100%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:0752/966Beat 95%
↑ 49 days after Mechelen 2026 0:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:49 better than the field: 2:34 faster on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete2:34 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men58:06 PB82/493Beat 83%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:4148/561Beat 91%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:51 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete1:33 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:09258/994Beat 74%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:1466/608Beat 89%
↑ 111 days after Hamburg 2025 10:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:56 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:37 faster for everyone: 10:33 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:37 faster This athlete5:56 slower -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:18 PB13/409Beat 97%
↑ 13 days after Maastricht 2025 1:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:17 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:32 faster for everyone, so 1:15 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:32 faster This athlete2:17 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:3512/584Beat 98%
↑ 133 days after Heerenveen 2025 9:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:30 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:42 slower for everyone: 9:12 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 slower This athlete7:30 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:0535/325Beat 89%
↑ 71 days after Rotterdam 2025 3:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:29 faster for everyone: 3:41 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete1:12 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:5360/584Beat 90%
↑ 75 days after Frankfurt 2024 0:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:38 faster for everyone, so 0:59 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete4:37 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:30405/1480Beat 73%
↑ 35 days after Paris 2024 2:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:12 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:15 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:03 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:15 faster This athlete0:12 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:42363/1585Beat 77%
↑ 30 days after Amsterdam 2024 9:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:10 better than the field: 9:42 faster on the clock, against 0:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:32 faster This athlete9:42 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:24795/1539Beat 48%