Progress against the field
Between Gent 2025 and Heerenveen 2026, Jacopo De Steffani pulled 13:27 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:16 quicker, so 19:43 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Gent 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 17:35 on the field in 104 days.
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
3 races · 3 events
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:07473/966Beat 51%
↑ 49 days after Mechelen 2026 4:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:45 faster for everyone: 4:08 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete2:23 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:44 PB658/1363Beat 52%
↑ 104 days after Gent 2025 17:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:35 better than the field: 22:06 faster on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete22:06 faster -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:501253/1428Beat 12%