Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2024 and Gent 2025, Wouter Nijkerk lost 8:32 to the field.
The clock says 2:48 slower, but the races themselves got 5:44 quicker for everyone.
238 days between Paris 1 2025 and Gent 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:00 behind 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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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:47705/1428Beat 51%
↑ 238 days after Paris 1 2025 3:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 behind the field: 1:42 slower on the clock, against 1:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This athlete1:42 slower -
Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:05728/1422Beat 49%
↑ 50 days after Rotterdam 2025 6:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:01 better than the field: 8:31 faster on the clock, against 2:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 faster This athlete8:31 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:36776/1283Beat 40%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 11:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:56 faster for everyone: 11:33 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 faster This athlete9:37 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:59 PB228/659Beat 65%