Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Maastricht 2026, the field gained 5:10 on Sjors Bergers.
Over the same races everyone got 5:53 quicker, so 0:43 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Amsterdam 2026 → Mechelen 2026: 4:14 on the field in 64 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
5 races · 5 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:01488/1119Beat 56%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 0:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:14 behind the field: 2:01 slower on the clock, against 1:47 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete2:01 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:00 PB624/1363Beat 54%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 4:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:38 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, so 4:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete6:38 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:38997/1620Beat 39%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 9:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:16 faster for everyone: 9:10 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:16 faster This athlete3:54 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:44230/523Beat 56%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:15:51 PB497/898Beat 45%