Progress against the field
From Heerenveen 2026 to Maastricht 2026, Rui Afonso e Costa got 2:54 faster than the field.
The clock says 1:30 faster, but the races themselves got 1:24 slower for everyone.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:20:52171/286Beat 40%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:18:35 PB271/457Beat 41%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:43 PB173/399Beat 57%
↑ 128 days after Heerenveen 2026 2:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:24 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:30 faster: 2:54 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 slower This athlete1:30 faster -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:13216/454Beat 52%
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Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:27237/422Beat 44%
↑ 70 days after Auckland 2026 6:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:39 better than the field: 12:14 faster on the clock, against 5:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:35 faster This athlete12:14 faster -
Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:31:41155/251Beat 38%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:52371/1361Beat 73%
↑ 62 days after Oslo 2025 4:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:04 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:47 faster for everyone: 4:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This athlete4:04 slower -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:48 PB132/935Beat 86%