Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Ruben van de Water pulled 9:01 ahead of the field.
The clock says 13:15 faster, but the races themselves got 4:14 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 412 days between Rotterdam 2025 and Rotterdam 2026, still ended 9:12 ahead of the field.
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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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:31650/1119Beat 42%
↑ 157 days after Rotterdam 2026 0:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:11 behind the field: 0:05 slower on the clock, against 0:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 faster This athlete0:05 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:26 PB653/1192Beat 45%
↑ 412 days after Rotterdam 2025 9:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:12 better than the field: 13:20 faster on the clock, against 4:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:08 faster This athlete13:20 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:461068/1283Beat 17%