Progress against the field
From Maastricht 2024 to Maastricht 2026, Maurice Ermen and Jef Meinderink got 7:35 faster than the field.
The clock says 12:44 faster, but the races themselves got 5:09 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 608 days between Maastricht 2024 and Maastricht 2025, still ended 9:24 ahead of 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 Doubles Open · Men, with Jef Meinderink, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:53 PB91/816Beat 89%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026, with Jef Meinderink 0:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:21 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:08 faster: 0:29 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This pair0:08 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:0199/867Beat 89%
↑ 188 days after Maastricht 2025, with Jef Meinderink 2:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:14 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:18 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This pair0:56 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:13 PB251/1018Beat 75%
↑ 161 days after Heerenveen 2025 3:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:47 better than the field: 4:45 faster on the clock, against 0:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:58 faster This athlete4:45 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:5799/821Beat 88%
↑ 608 days after Maastricht 2024, with Jef Meinderink 9:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:24 better than the field: 11:40 faster on the clock, against 2:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:16 faster This pair11:40 faster -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:58370/1217Beat 70%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Doubles Open · Men1:15:37136/288Beat 53%
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Amsterdam24 Oct 2021Individual Pro · Men1:29:25 PB39/54Beat 28%