Progress against the field
From Amsterdam 2024 to Rotterdam 2026, Martijn Michels got 6:23 faster than the field.
The clock says 12:31 faster, but the races themselves got 6:08 quicker for everyone.
414 days between Amsterdam 2024 and Utrecht 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 15:03 better than 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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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:53919/1192Beat 23%
↑ 138 days after Utrecht 2025 8:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:40 behind the field: 3:21 slower on the clock, against 5:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:19 faster This athlete3:21 slower -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:32 PB908/1337Beat 32%
↑ 414 days after Amsterdam 2024 15:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:03 better than the field: 15:52 faster on the clock, against 0:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:49 faster This athlete15:52 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:51:241425/1539Beat 7%