Progress against the field
From Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 13:41 on Kevin van Riel.
The clock says 2:26 slower, but the races themselves got 11:15 quicker for everyone.
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
8 races · 7 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:17:10 PB317/580Beat 45%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:08737/1363Beat 46%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 6:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:42 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:31 faster for everyone: 6:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete1:42 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:26648/1428Beat 55%
↑ 14 days after Utrecht 2025 0:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:29 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:30 faster for everyone, so 0:59 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:30 faster This athlete5:29 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:20:13613/879Beat 30%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:55646/1337Beat 52%
↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025 1:48 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:48 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:36 faster for everyone, so 1:48 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete1:48 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:43667/1352Beat 51%
↑ 167 days after Belgium 2025 6:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:01 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 6:39 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete8:01 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:23:11432/529Beat 18%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:42 PB621/1638Beat 62%