Progress against the field
Between Heerenveen 2025 and Rotterdam 2026, Ipe Verbrugge pulled 18:04 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:54 quicker, so 23:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
203 days between Heerenveen 2025 and Utrecht 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 18:52 better than 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:2048/570Beat 92%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 0:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:21 slower for everyone: 0:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete0:51 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:29 PB93/747Beat 88%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 0:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:50 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:08 faster for everyone, so 0:18 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete5:50 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:1972/575Beat 88%
↑ 203 days after Heerenveen 2025 18:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:52 better than the field: 18:59 faster on the clock, against 0:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This athlete18:59 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:18215/325Beat 34%