Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2026 and Mechelen 2026, Gilles Vanmaldeghem pulled 0:18 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:24 quicker, so 2:42 faster on the clock looks better 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 · MenDNF—
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:43 PB189/808Beat 77%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:05 PB736/1363Beat 46%
↑ 64 days after Amsterdam 2026 0:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:42 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:24 faster for everyone, so 0:18 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete2:42 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:47292/570Beat 49%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:08 PB42/898Beat 95%