Progress against the field
Mick van Gool and Niek Smulders have gained 7:47 on the field from Rotterdam 2024 to Mechelen 2026.
The clock says 13:09 faster, but the races themselves got 5:22 quicker for everyone.
532 days between Amsterdam 2024 and Mechelen 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:10 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
8 races · 8 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:27 PB368/808Beat 55%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Relay · Men1:16:5540/79Beat 49%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:10 PB39/402Beat 90%
↑ 532 days after Amsterdam 2024, with Niek Smulders 2:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:53 faster for everyone, so 2:10 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:53 faster This pair4:03 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:0082/344Beat 76%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:25113/461Beat 76%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:08161/309Beat 48%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:06:1341/325Beat 87%
↑ 187 days after Rotterdam 2024, with Niek Smulders 5:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 5:37 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This pair9:06 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Men1:15:19288/722Beat 60%