Progress against the field
From Amsterdam 2023 to Amsterdam 2026, the field gained 17:46 on Bruce Ketel.
Over the same races everyone got 10:26 quicker, so 7:20 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 481 days between Amsterdam 2023 and Rotterdam 2025, still ended 1:59 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:511335/1620Beat 18%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 19:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:01 faster for everyone: 19:41 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This athlete16:40 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:11 PB598/1428Beat 58%
↑ 288 days after Rotterdam 2025 0:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:29 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete2:25 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:36525/1283Beat 59%
↑ 481 days after Amsterdam 2023 1:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:59 better than the field: 6:55 faster on the clock, against 4:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:56 faster This athlete6:55 faster -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:30:31571/1079Beat 47%