Progress against the field
From Utrecht 2025 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 1:26 on Bart Harmsen.
Over the same races everyone got 6:55 quicker, so 5:29 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
18 races · 16 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:05:05 PB103/315Beat 67%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Relay · Mixed1:05:3114/86Beat 84%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:23:26 PB335/457Beat 27%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:25 faster on the clock, against 2:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 faster This athlete2:25 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:25:51186/243Beat 24%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 0:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 better than the field: 1:56 faster on the clock, against 1:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:31 faster This athlete1:56 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:27:47218/305Beat 29%
↑ 14 days after Utrecht 2025 1:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:08 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:05 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:57 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This athlete1:08 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Relay · Men59:2115/38Beat 61%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:28:55128/215Beat 41%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Relay · Men59:556/40Beat 85%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:23:58125/203Beat 38%
↑ 177 days after Amsterdam 2024 3:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:40 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:01 faster for everyone, so 3:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 faster This athlete5:40 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Relay · Men1:00:068/16Beat 50%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:29:38128/177Beat 28%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:37333/781Beat 57%
↑ 77 days after Amsterdam 2023 11:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:47 behind the field: 6:46 slower on the clock, against 5:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete6:46 slower -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:16:51 PB146/1079Beat 87%
↑ 168 days after Rotterdam 2023 4:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:15 better than the field: 6:52 faster on the clock, against 2:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:37 faster This athlete6:52 faster -
Rotterdam20 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:23:43202/575Beat 65%
↑ 119 days after Maastricht European Championships 2023 8:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:41 behind the field: 6:21 slower on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete6:21 slower -
Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:17:22207/556Beat 63%
↑ 70 days after Essen 2022 4:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:40 better than the field: 5:18 faster on the clock, against 0:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This athlete5:18 faster -
Essen12 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:22:4064/189Beat 66%
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Maastricht5 Mar 2022Individual Open · Men1:29:24152/243Beat 37%
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Essen16 Nov 2019Individual Open · Men1:27:58108/219Beat 51%