Progress against the field
From Rotterdam 2025 to Maastricht 2026, Philip Schellens got 4:17 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:00 quicker, so 15:17 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Heerenveen 2025 → Maastricht 2025: 16:28 in 133 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
6 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:03104/394Beat 74%
↑ 157 days after Rotterdam 2026 2:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:55 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:06 faster for everyone: 2:01 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 faster This athlete1:55 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:08131/570Beat 77%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 3:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:08 faster for everyone: 3:42 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete1:34 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:34 PB385/1620Beat 76%
↑ 124 days after Maastricht 2025 7:08 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:59 faster for everyone, so 7:08 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:59 faster This athlete0:51 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:25113/584Beat 81%
↑ 133 days after Heerenveen 2025 16:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:42 slower for everyone and the clock still says 14:46 faster: 16:28 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 slower This athlete14:46 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:11202/325Beat 38%
↑ 71 days after Rotterdam 2025 0:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 better than the field: 3:09 faster on the clock, against 2:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete3:09 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:20412/584Beat 30%