Progress against the field
Between Heerenveen 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Francois-marie Putirulan kept pace with the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:21 quicker, so 8:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Heerenveen 2025 → Maastricht 2025: 7:18 in 133 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 · Men1:18:17347/1119Beat 69%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 4:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:26 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:50 faster: 4:16 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete2:50 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:07393/966Beat 59%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 1:05 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:47 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:05 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 faster This athlete0:42 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:49167/401Beat 58%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 4:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:59 behind the field: 2:51 slower on the clock, against 2:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete2:51 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:58579/1620Beat 64%
↑ 40 days after Frankfurt 2025 6:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:33 behind the field: 3:09 slower on the clock, against 3:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:24 faster This athlete3:09 slower -
Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:49 PB371/1883Beat 80%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 1:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:06 better than the field: 5:16 faster on the clock, against 4:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:10 faster This athlete5:16 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:05355/1352Beat 74%
↑ 133 days after Heerenveen 2025 7:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:36 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:42 slower for everyone: 7:18 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 slower This athlete5:36 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:41667/1217Beat 45%