Progress against the field
Between Maastricht European Championships 2023 and Rotterdam 2025, Brian Sarkam pulled 3:26 ahead of the field.
The clock says 13:54 faster, but the races themselves got 10:28 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 327 days between Rotterdam 2024 and Rotterdam 2025, cost 6:21 on 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:10 PB279/1283Beat 78%
↑ 327 days after Rotterdam 2024 6:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:34 faster for everyone, so 6:21 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:34 faster This athlete0:13 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:08:52 PB51/144Beat 65%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:23161/1380Beat 88%
↑ 77 days after Maastricht 2024 1:43 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:49 slower for everyone: 1:43 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 slower This athlete0:06 slower -
Maastricht20 Jan 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:17175/781Beat 78%
↑ 245 days after Rotterdam 2023 2:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:17 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:23 faster for everyone, so 2:06 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This athlete1:17 faster -
Amsterdam4 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men1:08:4875/411Beat 82%
↑ 378 days after Amsterdam 2022, with Jos Poelen 0:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 behind the field: 1:51 slower on the clock, against 1:03 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 slower This pair1:51 slower -
Rotterdam20 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:18:34129/575Beat 78%
↑ 119 days after Maastricht European Championships 2023 10:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:20 faster for everyone, so 10:10 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete12:30 faster -
Maastricht European Championships21 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:31:04422/556Beat 24%
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Amsterdam22 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:06:57 PB40/197Beat 80%