Progress against the field
Jeroen Vermeulen has dropped 15:49 behind the field from Berlin 2024 to Mechelen 2026.
The clock says 6:29 slower, but the races themselves got 9:20 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 321 days between Heerenveen 2025 and Mechelen 2026, cost 5:04 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:35761/1363Beat 44%
↑ 321 days after Heerenveen 2025 5:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:18 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:22 faster for everyone, which leaves this 5:04 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:22 faster This athlete0:18 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:53592/1217Beat 51%
↑ 34 days after Belgium 2025 1:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 better than the field: 4:24 faster on the clock, against 2:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This athlete4:24 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:17957/1638Beat 42%
↑ 37 days after Rotterdam 2025 5:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:55 faster for everyone: 5:04 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 faster This athlete4:09 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:08594/1283Beat 54%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 2:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:56 faster for everyone: 2:29 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 faster This athlete0:33 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:35713/1539Beat 54%
↑ 173 days after Berlin 2024 5:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:08 behind the field: 6:29 slower on the clock, against 1:21 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:21 slower This athlete6:29 slower -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:06 PB438/953Beat 54%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:53245/781Beat 69%
↑ 77 days after Amsterdam 2023 0:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:10 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:01 faster for everyone, so 0:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete4:10 faster -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:24:03362/1079Beat 67%