Progress against the field
Martijn Van De Vlekkert has dropped 3:43 behind the field from Rotterdam 2025 to Amsterdam 2026.
The clock says 5:40 faster, but the races themselves got 9:23 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Rotterdam 2025 → Heerenveen 2025: 4:34 in 71 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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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:511054/1620Beat 35%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 2:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:04 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:01 faster for everyone, so 2:57 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete0:04 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:55923/1428Beat 35%
↑ 84 days after Maastricht 2025 0:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:39 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete4:56 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:51811/1352Beat 40%
↑ 133 days after Heerenveen 2025 4:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:42 slower for everyone: 4:41 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 slower This athlete6:23 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:28 PB692/1217Beat 43%
↑ 71 days after Rotterdam 2025 4:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:34 better than the field: 7:03 faster on the clock, against 2:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete7:03 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:31911/1283Beat 29%