Progress against the field
From Gent 2025 to Heerenveen 2026, Thom van Brakel got 2:13 faster than the field.
The clock says 7:58 faster, but the races themselves got 5:45 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Gent 2025 → Rotterdam 2026: 2:50 on the field in 124 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
9 races · 9 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:48 PB328/816Beat 60%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:29 PB427/966Beat 56%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 0:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:47 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:37 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 faster This athlete1:10 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:39517/1192Beat 57%
↑ 124 days after Gent 2025 2:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 better than the field: 6:48 faster on the clock, against 3:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:58 faster This athlete6:48 faster -
Vienna6 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:28366/850Beat 57%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:27972/1428Beat 32%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:15:26447/879Beat 49%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:24:13 PB108/131Beat 18%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:14:39909/1325Beat 31%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:21:07513/733Beat 30%