Progress against the field
Sam Helsen has dropped 3:18 behind the field from Stockholm 2024 to Rotterdam 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 9:29 quicker, so 6:11 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
288 days between Rotterdam 2025 and Gent 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:09 behind 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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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:18 PB308/618Beat 50%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:16 PB31/570Beat 95%
↑ 124 days after Gent 2025 1:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:58 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:09 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:58 faster This athlete2:49 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:05144/1428Beat 90%
↑ 288 days after Rotterdam 2025 2:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:29 faster for everyone, so 2:09 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete0:20 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:4757/101Beat 44%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:5799/203Beat 51%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:2583/1283Beat 94%
↑ 82 days after Stockholm 2024 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:02 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete3:02 faster -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:2798/447Beat 78%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:35136/781Beat 83%