Progress against the field
Pedro Van Helden has dropped 9:21 behind the field from Maastricht 2025 to Rotterdam 2026.
The clock says 0:26 slower, but the races themselves got 8:55 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Maastricht 2025 → Utrecht 2025: 3:38 on the field in 70 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
11 races · 8 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:40219/467Beat 53%
↑ 189 days after Mechelen 2026, with Naomi Van Tuijl 5:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:40 behind the field: 8:18 slower on the clock, against 2:38 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:38 slower This pair8:18 slower -
Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:40170/406Beat 58%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:17:44 PB291/434Beat 33%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:18 PB59/461Beat 87%
↑ 29 days after Rotterdam 2026, with Rosanne Goodijk 0:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:12 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:49 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:12 faster This pair1:23 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:4160/544Beat 89%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026, with Rosanne Goodijk 0:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 0:50 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:29 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:50 faster This pair0:21 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:35573/1192Beat 52%
↑ 138 days after Utrecht 2025 12:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:59 behind the field: 7:40 slower on the clock, against 5:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:19 faster This athlete7:40 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:22181/424Beat 57%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:0297/506Beat 81%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:28:53 PB226/305Beat 26%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:55 PB125/575Beat 78%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025 3:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:38 better than the field: 7:14 faster on the clock, against 3:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete7:14 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:09503/1352Beat 63%