Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Alex Traas pulled 9:59 ahead of the field.
The clock says 15:08 faster, but the races themselves got 5:09 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 274 days between Rotterdam 2025 and Utrecht 2025, still ended 9:40 ahead of 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
4 races · 4 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:57276/394Beat 30%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 10:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:47 slower for everyone: 10:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete12:35 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:22 PB293/561Beat 48%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 11:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:08 faster for everyone, so 11:07 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete17:15 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:37424/575Beat 26%
↑ 274 days after Rotterdam 2025 9:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:40 better than the field: 10:28 faster on the clock, against 0:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:48 faster This athlete10:28 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:05544/600Beat 9%