Progress against the field
Eric Hermens has dropped 2:07 behind the field from Maastricht 2025 to Rotterdam 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:58 quicker, so 5:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 188 days between Maastricht 2025 and Mechelen 2026, cost 5:49 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:38 PB195/816Beat 76%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:12 PB60/570Beat 90%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 3:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:21 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:21 faster: 3:42 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete3:21 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:33333/1363Beat 76%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025 5:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:30 faster on the clock, yet the race was 8:19 faster for everyone, so 5:49 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:19 faster This athlete2:30 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:03232/1352Beat 83%