Progress against the field
Wouter Smit has gained 1:56 on the field from Maastricht 2022 to Heerenveen 2026.
The clock says 30:41 faster, but the races themselves got 28:45 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 531 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Maastricht 2025, cost 7:20 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
15 races · 12 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:08205/494Beat 59%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026, with Rene Watzema 1:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:52 behind the field: 0:22 slower on the clock, against 1:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:30 faster This pair0:22 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:30 PB429/966Beat 56%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 1:27 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:47 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:27 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 faster This athlete0:20 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:46 PB145/580Beat 75%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:50489/1192Beat 59%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 better than the field: 2:39 faster on the clock, against 2:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete2:39 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:48516/994Beat 48%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:29913/1620Beat 44%
↑ 54 days after Utrecht 2025 1:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:02 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:07 faster for everyone, so 1:55 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:07 faster This athlete7:02 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:31798/1337Beat 40%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025 1:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:24 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:36 faster for everyone, so 1:12 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete2:24 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:55844/1352Beat 38%
↑ 531 days after Rotterdam 2024 7:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:45 faster for everyone: 7:20 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:45 faster This athlete1:35 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:33:56135/196Beat 31%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 1:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:57 faster for everyone: 1:59 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete0:02 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:33:54 PB119/147Beat 19%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:33:20774/1380Beat 44%
↑ 77 days after Maastricht 2024 5:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:05 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:49 slower for everyone: 5:54 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 slower This athlete4:05 faster -
Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:37:25599/781Beat 23%
↑ 77 days after Amsterdam 2023 5:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:01 faster for everyone, so 5:20 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete10:21 faster -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:47:46926/1079Beat 14%
↑ 168 days after Rotterdam 2023 2:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:41 better than the field: 5:18 faster on the clock, against 2:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:37 faster This athlete5:18 faster -
Rotterdam20 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:53:04517/575Beat 10%
↑ 441 days after Maastricht 2022 4:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:07 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:33 faster for everyone, so 4:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:33 faster This athlete0:07 faster -
Maastricht5 Mar 2022Individual Open · Men1:53:11225/243Beat 7%