Progress against the field
Between Utrecht 2025 and Mechelen 2026, Wietse Bijzeit kept pace with the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:31 quicker, so 7:44 faster 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:09 PB795/1363Beat 42%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, so 0:59 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete1:25 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:34951/1620Beat 41%
↑ 54 days after Utrecht 2025 1:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:07 faster for everyone, so 1:12 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:07 faster This athlete6:19 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:53814/1337Beat 39%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:12:56 PB327/855Beat 62%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Men1:17:11352/722Beat 51%