Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Wilbert van Eijsden pulled 3:38 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:41 quicker, so 9:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
355 days between Belgium 2025 and Mechelen 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:42 better than 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
11 races · 9 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:26 PB196/1119Beat 83%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 4:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:22 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:26 slower for everyone: 4:48 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete3:22 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:48279/966Beat 71%
↑ 49 days after Mechelen 2026 2:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:56 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:45 faster for everyone: 2:41 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete0:56 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:49 PB212/544Beat 61%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:47 PB169/385Beat 56%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:52384/1363Beat 72%
↑ 355 days after Belgium 2025 5:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:09 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:27 faster for everyone, so 5:42 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:27 faster This athlete10:09 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:07 PB298/994Beat 70%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Relay · Men1:05:2822/38Beat 42%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:51135/461Beat 71%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025, with Wesley Merkx 2:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:56 better than the field: 4:13 faster on the clock, against 1:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This pair4:13 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:17:04188/354Beat 47%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:01812/1638Beat 50%
↑ 37 days after Rotterdam 2025 4:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:11 behind the field: 3:16 slower on the clock, against 0:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 faster This athlete3:16 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:45492/1283Beat 62%