Progress against the field
From Heerenveen 2026 to Maastricht 2026, Jim Springer got 2:09 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:26 slower, so 0:43 faster on the clock looks worse 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:10 PB40/546Beat 93%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 2:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:26 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:43 faster: 2:09 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete0:43 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:53121/966Beat 88%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:28 PB37/344Beat 89%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:20134/455Beat 71%
↑ 161 days after Heerenveen 2025 0:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:58 faster for everyone, so 0:37 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:58 faster This athlete0:21 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:41359/1217Beat 71%
↑ 211 days after Amsterdam 2024 0:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:40 faster for everyone, so 0:43 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete1:57 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:38538/1539Beat 65%