Progress against the field
Between Maastricht 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Rik Romankiewicz lost 1:06 to the field.
The clock says 11:29 faster, but the races themselves got 12:35 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Maastricht 2025 → Valencia 2025: 4:59 in 28 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
5 races · 5 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:46360/1119Beat 68%
↑ 156 days after Cologne 2026 0:24 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:01 slower on the clock, but the race was 0:25 slower for everyone, so this was 0:24 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:25 slower This athlete0:01 slower -
Cologne16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:45258/924Beat 72%
↑ 21 days after Mechelen 2026 0:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:27 faster for everyone: 0:57 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete0:30 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:15 PB494/1363Beat 64%
↑ 160 days after Valencia 2025 5:32 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:36 faster for everyone, which leaves this 5:32 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:36 faster This athlete1:04 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:19150/455Beat 67%
↑ 28 days after Maastricht 2025 4:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:59 better than the field: 10:56 faster on the clock, against 5:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:57 faster This athlete10:56 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:15678/1352Beat 50%