Progress against the field
Erik Saathoff has gained 12:45 on the field from Amsterdam 2022 to Heerenveen 2025.
The clock says 28:57 faster, but the races themselves got 16:12 quicker for everyone.
The field was beaten in 4 of 5 comparisons.
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
16 races · 15 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:18104/687Beat 85%
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Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:55 PB93/1013Beat 91%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:45141/863Beat 84%
↑ 14 days after Utrecht 2025, with Anne De Jong 5:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:11 behind the field: 2:06 slower on the clock, against 3:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This pair2:06 slower -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Relay · Mixed1:05:4512/40Beat 70%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:3930/701Beat 96%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:25134/954Beat 86%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:5886/658Beat 87%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025, with Anne De Jong 3:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:49 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:28 faster: 3:17 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:49 slower This pair2:28 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:55 PB368/1217Beat 70%
↑ 71 days after Rotterdam 2025 2:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 better than the field: 4:36 faster on the clock, against 2:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete4:36 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:26207/722Beat 71%
↑ 441 days after Maastricht 2024, with Anne De Jong 0:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 better than the field: 3:39 faster on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This pair3:39 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:31519/1283Beat 60%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 1:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:34 better than the field: 3:30 faster on the clock, against 1:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 faster This athlete3:30 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:01825/1539Beat 46%
↑ 187 days after Rotterdam 2024 2:44 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:03 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:47 faster for everyone, so 2:44 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:47 faster This athlete4:03 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:04682/1380Beat 51%
↑ 322 days after Rotterdam 2023 0:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:29 better than the field: 3:32 faster on the clock, against 3:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete3:32 faster -
Maastricht20 Jan 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:0594/230Beat 59%
↑ 364 days after Maastricht European Championships 2023, with Anne De Jong 9:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:02 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, so 9:08 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This pair11:02 faster -
Rotterdam20 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:34:36367/575Beat 36%
↑ 210 days after Amsterdam 2022 11:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:19 better than the field: 13:16 faster on the clock, against 1:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete13:16 faster -
Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:30:07114/147Beat 22%
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Amsterdam22 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:47:52490/561Beat 13%