Progress against the field
From Amsterdam 2023 to Amsterdam 2026, Niels Van der zanden got 1:51 faster than the field.
The clock says 8:56 faster, but the races themselves got 7:05 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
6 races · 6 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:39:33917/1047Beat 12%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:40 PB193/608Beat 68%
↑ 809 days after Amsterdam 2023 1:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:05 faster for everyone, so 1:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:05 faster This athlete8:56 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Relay · Mixed1:34:0937/40Beat 8%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:35:10 PB502/658Beat 24%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:27:28 PB140/216Beat 35%
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Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:26:36452/1079Beat 58%