Progress against the field
Between Belgium 2025 and Heerenveen 2026, Niek Benerink lost 4:03 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:51 quicker, so 2:48 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 237 days between Maastricht 2025 and Heerenveen 2026, cost 2:41 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:13 PB144/966Beat 85%
↑ 237 days after Maastricht 2025 2:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:32 faster on the clock, yet the race was 8:13 faster for everyone, so 2:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:13 faster This athlete5:32 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:45116/584Beat 80%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 1:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:44 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 1:22 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete2:44 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:01308/1638Beat 81%