Progress against the field
From Amsterdam 2024 to Heerenveen 2026, the field gained 1:50 on Wessel van Peer.
The clock says 6:41 faster, but the races themselves got 8:31 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 404 days between Belgium 2025 and Heerenveen 2026, cost 5:04 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
10 races · 9 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men57:38 PB13/494Beat 97%
↑ 237 days after Maastricht 2025, with Thomas de Rover 1:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:05 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:52 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This pair1:13 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:06 PB89/966Beat 91%
↑ 404 days after Belgium 2025 5:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:55 faster for everyone, so 5:04 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:55 faster This athlete1:51 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:17 PB44/1047Beat 96%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men58:5125/821Beat 97%
↑ 204 days after Rotterdam 2025, with Thomas de Rover 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:29 faster on the clock, against 1:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This pair1:29 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:51133/921Beat 86%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:57174/1638Beat 89%
↑ 177 days after Amsterdam 2024 3:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:36 faster for everyone, so 3:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete4:50 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:2011/335Beat 97%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Men1:04:5290/700Beat 87%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:47122/659Beat 82%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Relay · Mixed1:23:5711/18Beat 39%