Progress against the field
From Heerenveen 2025 to Maastricht 2026, the field gained 5:38 on Gerbrand Smidt.
Over the same races everyone got 6:09 quicker, so 0:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 217 days between Heerenveen 2025 and Gent 2025, still ended 13:22 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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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:17889/1119Beat 21%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 6:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:26 behind the field: 7:52 slower on the clock, against 1:26 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 slower This athlete7:52 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:25687/966Beat 29%
↑ 153 days after Gent 2025 12:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:35 faster for everyone: 12:34 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete7:59 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:26 PB734/1428Beat 49%
↑ 217 days after Heerenveen 2025 13:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:22 better than the field: 16:22 faster on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete16:22 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:481031/1217Beat 15%