Progress against the field
Between Heerenveen 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Jeroen Van Hooijdonk lost 12:40 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:31 quicker, so 6:09 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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
6 races · 6 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:15512/561Beat 9%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 12:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:57 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:24 faster for everyone: 12:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete9:57 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:18 PB1175/1620Beat 28%
↑ 257 days after Heerenveen 2025 0:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:48 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:07 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:19 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:07 faster This athlete3:48 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:06234/325Beat 28%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:19770/966Beat 20%
↑ 22 days after Rotterdam 2025 2:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:02 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:41 faster for everyone, so 2:39 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:41 faster This athlete1:02 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:21396/584Beat 32%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 13:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:27 better than the field: 15:23 faster on the clock, against 1:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 faster This athlete15:23 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:48:441394/1539Beat 9%