Progress against the field
Sven Verbeek has gained 2:11 on the field from Maastricht 2024 to Gent 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 13:00 quicker, so 15:11 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Maastricht 2024 → Rotterdam 2024: 7:01 in 77 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
8 races · 8 events
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:51 PB80/1428Beat 94%
↑ 14 days after Utrecht 2025 1:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:43 better than the field: 6:13 faster on the clock, against 4:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:30 faster This athlete6:13 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:04130/1337Beat 90%
↑ 203 days after Heerenveen 2025 4:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:31 behind the field: 4:24 slower on the clock, against 0:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This athlete4:24 slower -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men59:54 PB4/354Beat 99%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:4087/1217Beat 93%
↑ 71 days after Rotterdam 2025 2:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:29 faster for everyone, so 2:06 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete0:23 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:0328/600Beat 95%
↑ 117 days after Hamburg 2024 0:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:48 faster on the clock, against 0:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:41 faster This athlete0:48 faster -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:09:51114/1248Beat 91%
↑ 210 days after Rotterdam 2024 0:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:02 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →7:02 faster This athlete6:59 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:50146/1380Beat 89%
↑ 77 days after Maastricht 2024 7:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:49 slower for everyone and the clock still says 5:12 faster: 7:01 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 slower This athlete5:12 faster -
Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:02302/781Beat 61%