Progress against the field
Martijn bakker and Laura van den blink have gained 15:40 on the field from Rotterdam 2025 to Maastricht 2026.
The clock says 19:53 faster, but the races themselves got 4:13 quicker for everyone.
208 days between Maastricht 2025 and Rotterdam 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:20 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 · Mixed, with Laura van den blink, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:35138/444Beat 69%
↑ 157 days after Rotterdam 2026, with Laura van den blink 1:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:13 slower for everyone: 1:24 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:13 slower This pair1:37 slower -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:58 PB136/560Beat 76%
↑ 208 days after Maastricht 2025, with Laura van den blink 2:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:13 faster for everyone, so 2:20 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →6:13 faster This pair8:33 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men58:02 PB5/344Beat 99%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025, with Kees Meijer 0:48 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:42 faster for everyone, so 0:48 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:42 faster This pair1:54 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men59:5649/1164Beat 96%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:31183/364Beat 50%
↑ 204 days after Rotterdam 2025, with Laura van den blink 14:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:57 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:47 slower for everyone: 14:44 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This pair12:57 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:37:28191/220Beat 13%