Progress against the field
Niels van Bruggen has gained 5:42 on the field from Amsterdam 2023 to Rotterdam 2026.
The clock says 14:58 faster, but the races themselves got 9:16 quicker for everyone.
816 days between Maastricht 2024 and Rotterdam 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:14 better than 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 11 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:26261/461Beat 43%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men58:46 PB10/580Beat 98%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:02 PB51/1192Beat 96%
↑ 816 days after Maastricht 2024 2:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:14 better than the field: 6:29 faster on the clock, against 4:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:15 faster This athlete6:29 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:22 PB35/107Beat 67%
↑ 328 days after Rotterdam 2025 1:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:57 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:21 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:24 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:21 faster This athlete2:57 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:05:5730/148Beat 80%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:48 PB59/364Beat 84%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:01:55 PB21/92Beat 77%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:12:1918/99Beat 82%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 0:34 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:57 faster for everyone, so 0:34 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete1:23 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:13:4234/177Beat 81%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:09:1634/101Beat 66%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:31103/781Beat 87%
↑ 77 days after Amsterdam 2023 3:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:29 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:01 faster for everyone, so 3:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete8:29 faster -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:22:00285/1079Beat 74%