Progress against the field
From Wuhan 2026 to Chengdu 2026, the field gained 6:31 on Pieter Verstraete.
Over the same races everyone got 4:54 quicker, so 1:37 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
13 races · 12 events
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Bangkok13 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:50 PB44/1026Beat 96%
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Chengdu1 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:18 PB259/528Beat 51%
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Chengdu1 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:3448/882Beat 95%
↑ 28 days after Hangzhou 2026 2:02 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, so 2:02 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete0:23 faster -
Hangzhou4 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:5745/760Beat 94%
↑ 84 days after Wuhan 2026 4:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:29 faster for everyone: 4:29 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete2:00 slower -
Wuhan11 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:5715/486Beat 97%
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Bangkok 120 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:5289/2401Beat 96%
↑ 20 days after Taipei 2026 1:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:36 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:31 slower for everyone: 1:07 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 slower This athlete0:36 faster -
Taipei28 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:2841/852Beat 95%
↑ 70 days after Shenzhen 2025 2:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:50 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:42 faster for everyone, so 2:52 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:42 faster This athlete1:50 faster -
Shenzhen20 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:1839/928Beat 96%
↑ 28 days after Shanghai 2025 4:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:01 slower for everyone and the clock still says 4:53 faster: 4:54 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:01 slower This athlete4:53 faster -
Shanghai22 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:11137/914Beat 85%
↑ 91 days after Beijing 2025 1:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 better than the field: 5:59 faster on the clock, against 4:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:47 faster This athlete5:59 faster -
Beijing23 Aug 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:10147/609Beat 76%
↑ 28 days after Hong Kong 2025 8:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:51 behind the field: 5:20 slower on the clock, against 3:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete5:20 slower -
Hong Kong26 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:50113/1186Beat 91%
↑ 63 days after Bangkok 2025 0:20 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:04 faster for everyone, so 0:20 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete1:44 faster -
Bangkok24 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:3494/658Beat 86%
↑ 42 days after Taipei 2025 4:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:41 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:15 faster for everyone, so 4:26 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:15 faster This athlete6:41 faster -
Taipei12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:15180/687Beat 74%