Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2025 to Heerenveen 2026, Niek Brouwers got 7:46 faster than the field.
The clock says 16:47 faster, but the races themselves got 9:01 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 208 days between Maastricht 2025 and Rotterdam 2026, still ended 14:23 ahead of 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
4 races · 4 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:56627/966Beat 35%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 6:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:37 behind the field: 4:50 slower on the clock, against 1:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 faster This athlete4:50 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:06 PB253/556Beat 55%
↑ 208 days after Maastricht 2025 14:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:14 faster for everyone, so 14:23 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:14 faster This athlete21:37 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:431121/1352Beat 17%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:32:57 PB620/722Beat 14%