Progress against the field
Between Maastricht 2025 and Heerenveen 2026, Alex Van kooten lost 16:40 to the field.
The clock says 4:09 slower, but the races themselves got 12:31 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Maastricht 2025 → Gent 2025: 6:49 on the field in 84 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
5 races · 5 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:39855/966Beat 12%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 17:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:47 faster for everyone: 17:37 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 faster This athlete15:50 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:49693/1192Beat 42%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:08 faster for everyone, so 0:45 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete1:23 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:121149/1620Beat 29%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 5:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:01 faster for everyone: 5:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete2:06 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:06 PB930/1428Beat 35%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 6:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, so 6:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete12:24 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:301021/1352Beat 25%