Progress against the field
Sjors Bakker has dropped 5:30 behind the field from Amsterdam 2024 to Cologne 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 8:06 quicker, so 2:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Amsterdam 2024 → Belgium 2025: 6:55 in 177 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:5859/259Beat 77%
↑ 85 days after Amsterdam 2026 4:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:07 slower for everyone: 4:09 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 slower This athlete4:16 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:42237/1620Beat 85%
↑ 124 days after Maastricht 2025 2:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:59 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:59 faster for everyone, so 2:00 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:59 faster This athlete5:59 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:22:22 PB93/215Beat 57%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:41249/1352Beat 82%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 6:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:16 behind the field: 7:38 slower on the clock, against 1:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete7:38 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:03 PB178/1638Beat 89%
↑ 177 days after Amsterdam 2024 6:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:55 better than the field: 8:31 faster on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete8:31 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:34435/1539Beat 72%