Progress against the field
Albert Van der Laan has dropped 8:56 behind the field from Stockholm 2025 to Rotterdam 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 4:11 quicker, so 4:45 slower 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
11 races · 11 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:361061/1192Beat 11%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 3:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:21 slower for everyone: 3:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete3:49 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:471245/1363Beat 9%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 1:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:00 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete1:24 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:47:111478/1620Beat 9%
↑ 34 days after Stockholm 2025 4:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:08 faster for everyone: 4:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete2:20 slower -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:44:511129/1315Beat 14%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:50:181173/1337Beat 12%
↑ 203 days after Heerenveen 2025 15:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:41 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:07 faster for everyone: 15:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This athlete15:41 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:35:57 PB126/131Beat 4%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:37907/1217Beat 26%
↑ 34 days after Belgium 2025 2:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:28 faster for everyone: 2:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This athlete0:03 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:34 PB1170/1638Beat 29%
↑ 37 days after Rotterdam 2025 2:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:55 faster for everyone, so 2:57 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 faster This athlete3:52 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:261003/1283Beat 22%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 4:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:08 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:56 faster for everyone: 4:04 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 faster This athlete2:08 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:36:181160/1539Beat 25%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Doubles Open · Men1:33:34 PB265/288Beat 8%