Progress against the field
From Belgium 2025 to Mechelen 2026, Michel Opdam and Veronique Ras got 4:04 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:13 quicker, so 8:17 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
16 races · 14 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:5237/560Beat 93%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:19159/385Beat 59%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:28579/962Beat 40%
↑ 355 days after Belgium 2025, with Veronique Ras 4:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:13 faster for everyone, so 4:04 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →4:13 faster This pair8:17 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men57:45 PB17/593Beat 97%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:14 PB107/1206Beat 91%
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:2294/461Beat 80%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:01:53 PB20/92Beat 78%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:45606/722Beat 16%
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:46280/480Beat 42%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:32202/534Beat 62%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Doubles Open · Men1:02:4726/288Beat 91%
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Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men1:15:10163/411Beat 60%
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Rotterdam20 May 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:4294/187Beat 50%
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KölnDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:02:4752/558Beat 91%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:08:02189/250Beat 24%
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KölnDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:04:5823/224Beat 90%