Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2025 and Rotterdam 2026, Jeroen Verbraeken lost 1:04 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:53 quicker, so 8:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
8 races · 7 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:09111/399Beat 72%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 3:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:04 slower for everyone: 3:55 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 slower This athlete5:59 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men58:16 PB2/1192Beat 100%
↑ 124 days after Gent 2025 0:27 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:58 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:27 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:58 faster This athlete3:31 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:05:10 PB90/457Beat 80%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 0:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:15 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:54 faster for everyone, so 0:39 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:54 faster This athlete6:15 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men59:32 PB44/1164Beat 96%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:01:4722/1428Beat 99%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 1:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, so 1:06 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete4:29 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:11:2533/215Beat 85%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:1634/1352Beat 98%
↑ 204 days after Rotterdam 2025 0:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:29 better than the field: 0:49 faster on the clock, against 0:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 faster This athlete0:49 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:0538/1283Beat 97%