Progress against the field
From Amsterdam 2022 to Belgium 2025, the field gained 5:58 on Mertijn Loof.
Over the same races everyone got 14:43 quicker, so 8:45 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 364 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Belgium 2025, cost 10:30 on the field.
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
10 races · 9 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:28:44 PB229/348Beat 34%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:3491/364Beat 75%
↑ 344 days after Amsterdam 2024, with Leonie Van Gastel 2:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:48 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:28 slower for everyone: 2:20 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:28 slower This pair3:48 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:49537/1638Beat 67%
↑ 364 days after Rotterdam 2024 10:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 7:00 faster for everyone: 10:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:00 faster This athlete3:30 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Relay · Men59:547/16Beat 56%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:46 PB120/618Beat 81%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:19 PB137/1380Beat 90%
↑ 77 days after Maastricht 2024 6:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:49 slower for everyone and the clock still says 4:43 faster: 6:32 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 slower This athlete4:43 faster -
Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:02274/781Beat 65%
↑ 245 days after Rotterdam 2023 5:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:23 faster for everyone: 5:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This athlete1:54 slower -
Rotterdam20 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:19:08135/575Beat 77%
↑ 119 days after Maastricht European Championships 2023 1:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 better than the field: 3:40 faster on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete3:40 faster -
Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:22:48302/556Beat 46%
↑ 91 days after Amsterdam 2022 1:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 better than the field: 5:46 faster on the clock, against 3:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:49 faster This athlete5:46 faster -
Amsterdam22 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:28:34288/561Beat 49%