Progress against the field
Eric De Ruijter has gained 6:38 on the field from Madrid 2025 to Rotterdam 2026.
The clock says 12:29 faster, but the races themselves got 5:51 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Madrid 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 4:47 in 55 days.
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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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:51:04599/643Beat 7%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:24 PB455/570Beat 20%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 1:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:08 faster for everyone, so 1:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete3:59 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:23549/608Beat 10%
↑ 55 days after Madrid 2025 4:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:47 better than the field: 8:30 faster on the clock, against 3:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:43 faster This athlete8:30 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:54:531216/1312Beat 7%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:54:421160/1217Beat 5%
↑ 34 days after Belgium 2025 6:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:39 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:28 faster for everyone: 6:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This athlete3:39 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:51:031516/1638Beat 7%