Progress against the field
Matthijs Höppener has gained 1:59 on the field from Belgium 2025 to Rotterdam 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:33 quicker, so 9:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Maastricht 2025 → Utrecht 2025: 5:28 on the field in 70 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men59:58 PB7/1192Beat 99%
↑ 138 days after Utrecht 2025 0:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:19 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:59 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:19 faster This athlete4:20 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:1027/962Beat 97%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026, with Femke Herber 3:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:22 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:02 faster for everyone: 3:24 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:02 faster This pair2:22 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed57:48 PB6/496Beat 99%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Relay · Men55:069/38Beat 76%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:1812/1337Beat 99%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025 5:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:36 faster for everyone, so 5:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete9:04 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:22138/1352Beat 90%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 2:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 2:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete3:52 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:30154/1638Beat 91%