Progress against the field
From Vienna 2025 to Valencia 2025, the field gained 0:15 on Ben Menken.
Over the same races everyone got 1:07 slower, so 1:22 slower on the clock looks worse than it was.
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
6 races · 6 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:5083/535Beat 85%
↑ 153 days after Gent 2025, with Nick Immerzeel 3:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:09 faster for everyone: 3:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This pair1:14 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:08 PB84/556Beat 85%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:06 PB55/496Beat 89%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:36 PB26/280Beat 91%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:08421/1018Beat 59%
↑ 237 days after Vienna 2025 0:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:15 behind the field: 1:22 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete1:22 slower -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:46650/1356Beat 52%