Progress against the field
Mark Geessink has gained 5:06 on the field from Amsterdam 2024 to Amsterdam 2026.
The clock says 12:34 faster, but the races themselves got 7:28 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Maastricht 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 5:57 in 124 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
3 races · 3 events
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:54 PB1100/1620Beat 32%
↑ 124 days after Maastricht 2025 5:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:59 faster for everyone, so 5:57 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:59 faster This athlete13:56 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:501066/1352Beat 21%
↑ 344 days after Amsterdam 2024 0:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:22 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:31 slower for everyone: 0:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 slower This athlete1:22 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:42:281324/1539Beat 14%