Progress against the field
From Utrecht 2025 to Mechelen 2026, André Abbo got 15:56 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:55 quicker, so 22:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Utrecht 2025 → Gent 2025: 22:30 on the field in 14 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
13 races · 13 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:14713/1003Beat 29%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:24:30277/315Beat 12%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:42:31446/457Beat 2%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:51 behind the field: 0:32 slower on the clock, against 2:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 faster This athlete0:32 slower -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:41:59101/107Beat 6%
↑ 40 days after Gent 2025 3:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 behind the field: 2:12 slower on the clock, against 1:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:31 faster This athlete2:12 slower -
Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:39:47 PB272/305Beat 11%
↑ 14 days after Utrecht 2025 22:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
25:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:05 faster for everyone, so 22:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This athlete25:35 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men2:05:2299/102Beat 3%
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Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:27:18913/1003Beat 9%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:23:05 PB639/821Beat 22%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:20:4276/92Beat 17%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:52985/1106Beat 11%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:19:46 PB102/122Beat 16%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:461015/1283Beat 21%
↑ 140 days after Amsterdam 2024 8:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:54 behind the field: 6:58 slower on the clock, against 1:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 faster This athlete6:58 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:48 PB1010/1539Beat 34%