Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2025 to Maastricht 2026, the field gained 1:52 on Roel van Bakel.
The clock says 8:16 faster, but the races themselves got 10:08 quicker for everyone.
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 · Men1:23:38511/1119Beat 54%
↑ 157 days after Rotterdam 2026 0:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:06 faster for everyone, so 0:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 faster This athlete0:31 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:09235/556Beat 58%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 1:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:21 slower for everyone: 1:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete1:21 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:48690/1363Beat 49%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 3:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:05 behind the field: 0:41 slower on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete0:41 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:07 PB726/1620Beat 55%
↑ 124 days after Maastricht 2025 1:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:59 faster for everyone, so 1:48 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:59 faster This athlete9:47 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:54361/584Beat 38%