Progress against the field
Stefan Smits has dropped 3:32 behind the field from Maastricht 2025 to Rotterdam 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:14 quicker, so 3:42 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
4 races · 4 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:20 PB326/1192Beat 73%
↑ 208 days after Maastricht 2025 3:32 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 7:14 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:32 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:14 faster This athlete3:42 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men59:37 PB42/994Beat 96%
↑ 328 days after Rotterdam 2025, with Ferdy Richter 0:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 better than the field: 4:45 faster on the clock, against 4:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This pair4:45 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:02397/1352Beat 71%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:2260/733Beat 92%