Progress against the field
From Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 14:02 on Jeroen Smedema.
Over the same races everyone got 8:43 quicker, so 5:19 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
203 days between Heerenveen 2025 and Utrecht 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 21:44 behind 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
5 races · 5 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:111237/1363Beat 9%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 1:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:08 faster for everyone, so 1:19 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete7:27 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:52:38524/575Beat 9%
↑ 203 days after Heerenveen 2025 21:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:44 behind the field: 21:37 slower on the clock, against 0:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This athlete21:37 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:01 PB814/1217Beat 33%
↑ 34 days after Belgium 2025 6:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:51 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:28 faster for everyone, so 6:23 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This athlete8:51 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:521310/1638Beat 20%