Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2024 and Mechelen 2026, Paul Van Straten lost 6:43 to the field.
The clock says 4:46 faster, but the races themselves got 11:29 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 655 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Amsterdam 2026, cost 12:06 on 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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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:52626/747Beat 16%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 5:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, so 5:23 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete7:47 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:47:39500/570Beat 12%
↑ 655 days after Rotterdam 2024 12:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:06 behind the field: 3:01 slower on the clock, against 9:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →9:05 faster This athlete3:01 slower -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:44:381114/1380Beat 19%
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Vienna - European Championship9 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:36:44 PB556/698Beat 20%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:40:01625/781Beat 20%