Progress against the field
Between Maastricht 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Damian Zaal lost 17:16 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:23 quicker, so 6:53 slower 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.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:22414/1119Beat 63%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 11:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:20 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:26 slower for everyone: 11:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete13:20 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:0276/966Beat 92%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 5:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:27 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:47 faster for everyone: 5:14 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 faster This athlete3:27 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:35 PB27/1192Beat 98%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 0:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:21 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:13 faster: 0:34 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete0:13 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:4838/747Beat 95%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:08 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, so 2:08 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete0:16 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:0455/1620Beat 97%
↑ 124 days after Maastricht 2025 1:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:26 better than the field: 9:25 faster on the clock, against 7:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:59 faster This athlete9:25 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men57:42 PB3/280Beat 99%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:2979/584Beat 87%