Progress against the field
Between Heerenveen 2025 and Maastricht 2026, Roel Willems lost 2:24 to the field.
The clock says 2:10 faster, but the races themselves got 4:34 quicker for everyone.
365 days between Maastricht 2025 and Maastricht 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:36 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
3 races · 3 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:43 PB417/546Beat 24%
↑ 365 days after Maastricht 2025 2:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:40 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:16 faster for everyone, so 2:36 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:16 faster This athlete3:40 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:23504/584Beat 14%
↑ 133 days after Heerenveen 2025 0:12 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:42 slower for everyone: 0:12 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 slower This athlete1:30 slower -
Heerenveen9 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:531079/1217Beat 11%