Progress against the field
Between Utrecht 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Merijn Eussen pulled 4:21 ahead of the field.
The clock says 10:05 faster, but the races themselves got 5:44 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Utrecht 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 21:09 in 54 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
4 races · 4 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:37800/1119Beat 29%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 1:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00 behind the field: 2:47 slower on the clock, against 1:47 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete2:47 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:501010/1363Beat 26%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 15:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:48 behind the field: 13:24 slower on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete13:24 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:26 PB541/1620Beat 67%
↑ 54 days after Utrecht 2025 21:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:09 better than the field: 26:16 faster on the clock, against 5:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:07 faster This athlete26:16 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:44:421084/1337Beat 19%