Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2023 and Maastricht 2024, Piet Van Der Velden lost 14:26 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:38 quicker, so 6:48 slower 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
5 races · 5 events
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Utrecht28 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:28 PB190/879Beat 78%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:07:45 PB42/102Beat 59%
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Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:07369/781Beat 53%
↑ 77 days after Amsterdam 2023 7:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:41 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:01 faster for everyone: 7:42 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete2:41 slower -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:22:26303/1079Beat 72%
↑ 168 days after Rotterdam 2023 6:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:44 behind the field: 4:07 slower on the clock, against 2:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:37 faster This athlete4:07 slower -
Rotterdam20 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:18:19 PB122/575Beat 79%