Progress against the field
Robert Cruijssen has dropped 15:59 behind the field from Rotterdam 2025 to Maastricht 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 9:58 quicker, so 6:01 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Maastricht 2025 → Gent 2025: 3:39 in 84 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
7 races · 7 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:5995/394Beat 76%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 7:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:26 slower for everyone: 7:43 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete9:09 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:50 PB102/966Beat 89%
↑ 49 days after Mechelen 2026 0:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:12 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 0:27 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete2:12 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:0290/561Beat 84%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 5:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:55 behind the field: 1:24 slower on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete1:24 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:38128/1428Beat 91%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 3:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:14 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, so 3:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete9:14 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:52290/1352Beat 79%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 7:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:59 behind the field: 9:21 slower on the clock, against 1:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete9:21 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:31156/1638Beat 91%
↑ 37 days after Rotterdam 2025 1:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:55 faster for everyone, so 1:32 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 faster This athlete2:27 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:5862/584Beat 89%