Progress against the field
From Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 3:34 on Marinus van de Wetering.
The clock says 4:42 faster, but the races themselves got 8:16 quicker for everyone.
251 days between Belgium 2025 and Gent 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:44 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.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:33126/434Beat 71%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:46660/1363Beat 52%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:47 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete1:37 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:23804/1620Beat 50%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 5:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:31 behind the field: 2:30 slower on the clock, against 3:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete2:30 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:53 PB586/1428Beat 59%
↑ 251 days after Belgium 2025 2:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:44 better than the field: 5:35 faster on the clock, against 2:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This athlete5:35 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:18 PB78/879Beat 91%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:28834/1638Beat 49%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:27202/733Beat 72%