Progress against the field
Marco Salmans has gained 18:00 on the field from Amsterdam 2023 to Maastricht 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 13:56 quicker, so 31:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
Ahead of the field in 3 of 4 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
8 races · 8 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:23 PB591/1119Beat 47%
↑ 295 days after Utrecht 2025 2:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:50 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:50 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:50 faster This athlete1:00 faster -
Lisboa1 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:16:08180/267Beat 33%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:23269/575Beat 53%
↑ 414 days after Amsterdam 2024 8:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:32 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:49 faster for everyone, so 8:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:49 faster This athlete9:32 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:45 PB332/821Beat 60%
↑ 204 days after Rotterdam 2025, with Maikel Stals 3:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:03 better than the field: 4:32 faster on the clock, against 1:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This pair4:32 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:17361/733Beat 51%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:36:551183/1539Beat 23%
↑ 187 days after Rotterdam 2024 6:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:00 better than the field: 12:47 faster on the clock, against 6:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:47 faster This athlete12:47 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:49:421189/1380Beat 14%
↑ 154 days after Amsterdam 2023 6:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:07 better than the field: 8:37 faster on the clock, against 2:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 faster This athlete8:37 faster -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:58:191010/1079Beat 6%