Progress against the field
From Utrecht 2025 to Mechelen 2026, Nighel Brinkman got 5:28 faster than the field.
The clock says 11:36 faster, but the races themselves got 6:08 quicker for everyone.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:11 PB37/808Beat 95%
↑ 153 days after Gent 2025, with Nicole Ottenbros 1:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:44 faster for everyone, so 1:15 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:44 faster This pair3:59 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:20 PB122/580Beat 79%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:11 PB104/747Beat 86%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 5:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:28 better than the field: 11:36 faster on the clock, against 6:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete11:36 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:1089/863Beat 90%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:47369/1337Beat 72%