Progress against the field
From Cologne 2025 to Maastricht 2026, the field gained 3:09 on Joost Rijkers.
The clock says 2:45 faster, but the races themselves got 5:54 quicker for everyone.
188 days between Maastricht 2025 and Mechelen 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:38 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:03174/546Beat 68%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 1:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 behind the field: 3:24 slower on the clock, against 1:47 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete3:24 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:39 PB262/747Beat 65%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025 3:38 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 8:19 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:38 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:19 faster This athlete4:41 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:01 PB139/879Beat 84%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:20195/584Beat 67%
↑ 162 days after Cologne 2025 2:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:38 slower for everyone: 2:06 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete1:28 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:48225/494Beat 55%