Progress against the field
Peter Beelen has gained 2:45 on the field from Rotterdam 2024 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 14:56 quicker, so 17:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Heerenveen 2025 → Maastricht 2025: 8:45 in 133 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
6 races · 6 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:16:24 PB232/315Beat 26%
↑ 113 days after Amsterdam 2026, with Eric Van de Beeten 1:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:52 faster for everyone, so 1:45 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair2:37 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:11 PB355/561Beat 37%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025 6:01 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:18 faster on the clock, yet the race was 8:19 faster for everyone, so 6:01 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:19 faster This athlete2:18 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:19:01266/298Beat 11%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:29313/584Beat 46%
↑ 133 days after Heerenveen 2025 8:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:03 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:42 slower for everyone: 8:45 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 slower This athlete7:03 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:32901/1217Beat 26%
↑ 398 days after Rotterdam 2024 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:20 faster on the clock, and the race was 8:19 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →8:19 faster This athlete8:20 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:42:521081/1380Beat 22%