Progress against the field
Rick Plas has gained 5:29 on the field from Amsterdam 2026 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 2:24 quicker, so 7:53 faster on the clock looks better 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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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:25:05 PB262/399Beat 34%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:38145/535Beat 73%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:07 PB107/674Beat 84%
↑ 124 days after Gent 2025, with Martijn Luijbregts 3:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:11 faster for everyone, so 3:16 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 faster This pair5:27 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:07 PB161/747Beat 78%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 5:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:29 better than the field: 7:53 faster on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete7:53 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:00229/608Beat 62%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:34107/280Beat 62%