Progress against the field
Paul van Mulekom and Inger Courtens have dropped 3:12 behind the field from Amsterdam 2024 to Amsterdam 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:26 quicker, so 0:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
250 days between Berlin 2025 and Amsterdam 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:56 behind 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 Inger Courtens, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 13 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:13239/674Beat 65%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:06386/1206Beat 68%
↑ 250 days after Berlin 2025, with Inger Courtens 3:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:56 behind the field: 4:43 slower on the clock, against 0:47 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 slower This pair4:43 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:50953/1428Beat 33%
↑ 217 days after Heerenveen 2025 14:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:05 behind the field: 11:05 slower on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete11:05 slower -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:42130/879Beat 85%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Relay · Men1:01:3911/40Beat 73%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:2026/354Beat 93%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:23 PB276/892Beat 69%
↑ 218 days after Amsterdam 2024, with Inger Courtens 0:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:44 better than the field: 4:57 faster on the clock, against 4:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:13 faster This pair4:57 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:45 PB88/325Beat 73%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:17 PB17/335Beat 95%
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Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:41642/1585Beat 60%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:20147/618Beat 76%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:26696/1380Beat 50%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Doubles Open · Men1:13:03112/288Beat 61%
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Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Relay · Mixed1:22:0311/22Beat 50%