Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2025 to Mechelen 2026, the field gained 3:51 on Joel Renkema.
The clock says 4:28 faster, but the races themselves got 8:19 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:58349/747Beat 53%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025 3:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 8:19 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:51 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:19 faster This athlete4:28 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:26513/1352Beat 62%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:58 PB480/1323Beat 64%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:33662/1539Beat 57%
↑ 201 days after Copenhagen 2024 3:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 behind the field: 2:52 slower on the clock, against 0:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 faster This athlete2:52 slower -
Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:41346/686Beat 50%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:37360/781Beat 54%
↑ 77 days after Amsterdam 2023 2:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:01 faster for everyone, so 2:03 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete7:04 faster -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:31:41599/1079Beat 45%
↑ 287 days after Maastricht European Championships 2023 1:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:21 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:35 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete0:46 faster -
Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:32:27433/556Beat 22%
↑ 91 days after Amsterdam 2022 0:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:39 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:49 faster This athlete3:10 faster -
Amsterdam22 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:35:37392/561Beat 30%