Progress against the field
From Heerenveen 2025 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 4:10 on Bart Reus.
The clock says 4:31 faster, but the races themselves got 8:41 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Amsterdam 2026 → Mechelen 2026: 2:05 in 64 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 10 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:4249/687Beat 93%
↑ 281 days after Gent 2025, with Linda Reus 3:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:59 faster for everyone: 3:53 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:59 faster This pair2:54 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:09:28 PB153/315Beat 51%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:17 PB170/561Beat 70%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:29 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, so 2:05 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete4:29 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:46616/1620Beat 62%
↑ 124 days after Maastricht 2025 3:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:12 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 7:59 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:47 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:59 faster This athlete4:12 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:48 PB44/863Beat 95%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:01 PB64/461Beat 86%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:58237/584Beat 59%
↑ 133 days after Heerenveen 2025 2:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:10 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:42 slower for everyone: 2:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 slower This athlete4:10 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:48402/1217Beat 67%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:0188/921Beat 90%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:14:01371/855Beat 57%