Progress against the field
Rick Van Den Wildenberg has gained 6:11 on the field from Utrecht 2025 to Maastricht 2026.
The clock says 10:32 faster, but the races themselves got 4:21 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Mechelen 2026 → Maastricht 2026: 3:37 on the field in 177 days.
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
3 races · 3 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:00 PB279/1119Beat 75%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 3:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:47 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:50 faster: 3:37 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete1:50 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:50213/561Beat 62%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 2:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:34 better than the field: 8:42 faster on the clock, against 6:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete8:42 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:32584/1337Beat 56%