Progress against the field
Mathijs Van der Pad has gained 2:45 on the field from Rotterdam 2025 to Heerenveen 2026.
The clock says 12:05 faster, but the races themselves got 9:20 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 288 days between Rotterdam 2025 and Gent 2025, still ended 15:44 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
7 races · 7 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:19873/966Beat 10%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026 15:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:31 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:47 faster for everyone: 15:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 faster This athlete13:31 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:48303/401Beat 24%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 8:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:13 behind the field: 8:34 slower on the clock, against 0:21 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete8:34 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:14 PB386/561Beat 31%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 9:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:42 better than the field: 12:06 faster on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete12:06 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:20508/608Beat 16%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 0:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:50 better than the field: 3:51 faster on the clock, against 3:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete3:51 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:111244/1428Beat 13%
↑ 288 days after Rotterdam 2025 15:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:29 faster for everyone, so 15:44 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete18:13 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:15:23 PB444/879Beat 50%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men2:01:24583/600Beat 3%