Progress against the field
Niek Smulders and Mick van Gool have gained 7:47 on the field from Rotterdam 2024 to Mechelen 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 5:22 quicker, so 13:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
532 days between Amsterdam 2024 and Mechelen 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:10 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. The summary above covers Doubles Open · Men, with Mick van Gool, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:03 PB96/560Beat 83%
↑ 341 days after Heerenveen 2025, with Isabel Krol 3:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 better than the field: 5:43 faster on the clock, against 2:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This pair5:43 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:10 PB39/402Beat 90%
↑ 532 days after Amsterdam 2024, with Mick van Gool 2:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:53 faster for everyone, so 2:10 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:53 faster This pair4:03 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · MenDNF—
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:46216/492Beat 56%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:06:1341/325Beat 87%
↑ 187 days after Rotterdam 2024, with Mick van Gool 5:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:37 better than the field: 9:06 faster on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This pair9:06 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Men1:15:19288/722Beat 60%
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Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:46152/283Beat 46%