Progress against the field
From Belgium 2025 to Barcelona 2026, Victor Melotte got 12:19 faster than the field.
The clock says 19:19 faster, but the races themselves got 7:00 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Gent 2025 → Barcelona 2026: 11:46 in 153 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
4 races · 4 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:54 PB186/549Beat 66%
↑ 153 days after Gent 2025 11:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:46 better than the field: 15:55 faster on the clock, against 4:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:09 faster This athlete15:55 faster -
Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:21:08 PB384/580Beat 34%
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Gent12 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:491058/1428Beat 26%
↑ 251 days after Belgium 2025 0:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:51 faster for everyone, so 0:33 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This athlete3:24 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:131249/1638Beat 24%