Progress against the field
Between Mechelen 2026 and Hamburg 2026, René Gagnon Desjardins pulled 2:23 ahead of the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 2:05 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
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
7 races · 6 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:21 PB125/1103Beat 89%
↑ 39 days after Maastricht 2026 0:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:57 better than the field: 2:26 faster on the clock, against 1:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete2:26 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:17:30244/316Beat 23%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:4765/394Beat 84%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 1:26 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:47 slower for everyone, so this was 1:26 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:47 slower This athlete0:21 slower -
Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:22:01 PB266/454Beat 41%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:16 PB158/385Beat 59%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:26157/561Beat 72%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:12 PB729/1164Beat 37%