Progress against the field
Between Maastricht 2024 and Rotterdam 2026, Dirk Roest pulled 3:06 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:53 faster, but the races themselves got 5:47 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Amsterdam 2026 → Rotterdam 2026: 3:46 in 84 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
3 races · 3 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:35 PB335/1192Beat 72%
↑ 84 days after Amsterdam 2026 3:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:46 better than the field: 5:54 faster on the clock, against 2:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete5:54 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:29250/570Beat 56%
↑ 732 days after Maastricht 2024 0:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:39 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:40 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 faster This athlete2:59 faster -
Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:28419/781Beat 46%