Progress against the field
From Mechelen 2026 to Berlin 2026, the field gained 2:12 on Matthias Liebeck.
Over the same races everyone got 0:58 slower, so 3:10 slower on the clock looks worse 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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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:56:27371/394Beat 6%
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Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:43742/882Beat 16%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:43:30238/277Beat 14%
↑ 8 days after Heerenveen 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:43 slower on the clock, against 2:43 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 slower This athlete2:43 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:47280/315Beat 11%
↑ 49 days after Mechelen 2026 2:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:27 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:45 faster for everyone: 2:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete0:27 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:20 PB503/561Beat 10%