Progress against the field
Between Maastricht European Championships 2023 and Maastricht 2026, Roel Van Den Assem lost 5:04 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 18:39 quicker, so 13:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Maastricht European Championships 2023 → Amsterdam 2023: 2:55 on the field in 287 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
10 races · 10 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:2347/394Beat 88%
↑ 498 days after Heerenveen 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:54 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete1:54 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:03 PB109/863Beat 87%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:18 PB80/461Beat 83%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:1744/325Beat 87%
↑ 71 days after Rotterdam 2025 8:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:33 behind the field: 6:04 slower on the clock, against 2:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete6:04 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:13 PB23/600Beat 96%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 0:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:56 faster for everyone, so 0:48 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 faster This athlete2:44 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:10:57160/1539Beat 90%
↑ 187 days after Rotterdam 2024 2:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:12 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:47 faster for everyone, so 2:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:47 faster This athlete9:12 faster -
Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:09241/1380Beat 83%
↑ 77 days after Maastricht 2024 0:13 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:49 slower for everyone: 0:13 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 slower This athlete1:36 slower -
Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:33204/781Beat 74%
↑ 77 days after Amsterdam 2023 2:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:01 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:52 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete2:09 faster -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:20:42249/1079Beat 77%
↑ 287 days after Maastricht European Championships 2023 2:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:55 better than the field: 5:16 faster on the clock, against 2:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete5:16 faster -
Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:25:58352/556Beat 37%